Education

The University of The Virgin Islands thegrio.com

The University of the Virgin Islands becomes the first HBCU to offer students free tuition

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Long Island teachers place on leave for placing noose images in classroom

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Dixie

Residents of California school district want racially charged name changed…and they ain’t whistling ‘Dixie’

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Josiah Sharpe thegrio.com

School bans 5 year-old’s haircut that mom says hides traction alopecia

A school in the UK has taken aim at a Black boy’s faded hairstyle that hides his traction alopecia and…
/ January 20, 2019
Georgia State

Georgia State tops list for black bachelors degrees, report says

Georgia State is ranked as the top among not-for-profits awarding undergraduate degrees to African-Americans
/ August 24, 2018
Malik and Miles George thegrio.com

#BlackBoyJoy: Twins selected co-valedictorians and will attend MIT

Demonstrating an example of Black Boy Joy, twins from New Jersey have been named valedictorians of their high school graduating
/ June 22, 2018
Howard University thegrio.com

“It’s not murder if they’re black”: Sex offender posts deadly threats against Howard University students

[griojw id=”0NkBDoCD” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] John Edgar Rush, a 26-year-old convicted sex offender, admitted to making online racial threats against Howard University
/ March 8, 2018

Black History: Bayard Rustin was the Civil Rights Movement’s Hidden Hero

[griojw id=”1jI64192″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Black History Month is all about celebrating our best and brightest for their history-making contributions to Black
/ February 15, 2018
Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber theGrio.com

Princeton president ‘respects’ professor’s decision to use N-Word during lecture

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A Princeton University professor canceled a course he teaches on cultural freedoms and hate speech after
/ February 14, 2018
Leigh Bishop theGrio.com

Texas teacher wears same hairstyle as her student to prove to her she’s beautiful

A pre-K teacher in Sugarland, Texas, went out of her way to show one of her four-year-old students just how beautiful…
/ February 6, 2018

UT professors create website for research about the education of black males

University of Texas College of Education Professors Louis Harrison and Anthony Brown have created a collection of works into the
/ August 11, 2016

Michelle Obama promotes learning to empower Moroccan girls

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Michelle Obama told Moroccan teenage girls that her parents knew the value of education, her brother…
/ June 29, 2016

12,000 prison inmates now eligible for Pell Grants to get college education

For 22 years, there’s been a congressional ban on inmates receiving federal aid for college education, with opponents declaring it unfair that
/ June 24, 2016

Valedictorian receives backlash on social media for her accomplishments

An Alabama teenager who graduated as the valedictorian of her high school and received millions of dollars in scholarship offers,
/ May 27, 2016

7 Black Male Educators Who Inspire #BlackExcellence

In a country where a growing share of public schools have minority children, fewer teachers look like them than ever
/ May 4, 2016