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April 14, 2022
TheGrio spoke with agency leaders on how they are fulfilling Biden's executive order to ensure government services are distributed equitably.
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August 5, 2021
Public school teachers in Tennessee face hefty fines if any part of their curriculum teaches about race -- specifically critical…
June 16, 2021
The U.S. Education Department said Wednesday it’s erasing student debt for thousands of borrowers who attended a for-profit college chain.
March 8, 2021
Joe Biden is rethinking Trump administration policies that weakened how colleges that get federal dollars handle sexual assault accusations.
February 21, 2021
Rafaela Espinal, who identifies as Afro-Latina, claims that when she didn't mimic the salute along with her peers, she was…
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February 8, 2021
'Little Apple" is a web series about a nine-year-old Black girl from Harlem as she deals with her growing consciousness…
December 23, 2020
Biden’s choice of Connecticut's first Latino education commissioner will fulfill a campaign promise he made to name someone with experience.
Princeton University Orders 100 Students To Self-Isolate After Traveling To China On Coronavirus Fears
September 18, 2020
After acknowledging the racism in its history, Princeton University is now the target of an investigation of its use of…
September 6, 2020
President Donald Trump is condemning the New York Times' 1619 Project and the schools that use it to teach their…
August 15, 2020
Through a T-Mobile data plan, children and their families can connect to the internet on multiple devices without having to…
December 14, 2018
A federal judge in September ruled that Betsy DeVos' efforts to stop the 2016 “borrower defense” regulations from taking effect…
April 18, 2017
The White House shared a picture of Betsy DeVos celebrating with kids at the annual Easter Egg Roll, but it's…
February 8, 2017
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie introduced a bill that is only one page long and says only that the Department of…
March 12, 2016
Today, a student in America can go from Kindergarten to college and never have one teacher of color. In a
January 27, 2016
A top Department of Education official in Georgia has been fired after posting controversial Facebook posts to his personal account
July 13, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - The Department of Education is threatening to dock Willie Chaney's social security check again for outstanding "student…
March 26, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Seven-year-old Taniya Jules refused to join a school fight club, so her eighth-grader "tutors" reportedly attacked her.…
March 21, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Black students are more likely to be suspended from U.S. public schools — even as tiny preschoolers...
February 11, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A recent article in the New York Times took a tough look into the inner workings of…
August 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - While testifying at a state legislative meeting Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn called the students "dark ones"…