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October 19, 2022
An African American culture class has been transforming the lives of Black boys at city schools in Roanoke, Virginia for…
October 17, 2022
Dr. Lawrence A. Davis, Jr., the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff chancellor emeritus, died Saturday at the age of…
October 10, 2022
Nicki Minaj will be the subject of a college course at the University of California, Berkeley in Spring 2023.
October 7, 2022
I had the pleasure of being a mystery reader in my first grader’s class. A mystery reader is a reader…
October 7, 2022
Annette Gordon-Reed, who integrated Texas' Conroe ISD in 1964, visited and dedicated a school named in her honor in the…
Student loan forgiveness
October 5, 2022
A conservative Wisconsin law firm has filed a lawsuit to block President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan.
River Valley High School slave auction
October 3, 2022
A California high school has forfeited the remainder of its football season after some of the players participated in a…
Stanley Crosby
September 26, 2022
Stanley Crosby, a Louisiana educator who repeatedly risked his job to advocate for his students, will soon have a library…
September 25, 2022
The University of California’s Hastings College of the Law will be known as the College of the Law, San Francisco.
September 15, 2022
For the very first time, a Black man – David Emmanuel Goatley – has been chosen to lead the largest…
September 13, 2022
Many schools have struggled to find enough educators, but the challenges are related more to hiring, especially for non-teaching staff…
A girl stands at a chalkboard scratching her head
September 12, 2022
Black parents can urge policymakers and school leaders to act to make schools more equitable places where Black children can…
September 2, 2022
Math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-olds fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, according to a…
Nikki Giovanni thegrio.com
September 1, 2022
Legendary poet, author Nikki Giovanni is retiring as a English professor from Virginia Tech University after 35 years.
August 31, 2022
Sixty U.S. high schools began a new class that examines civil rights and the significant contributions and experiences of Black…
August 31, 2022
Tamiko Armstead, president of Cardinal Ritter College Prep, tweeted a photo of its 18 Black male educators that recently went…
August 31, 2022
Data show that Black and Hispanic students are more likely to be identified as gifted by teachers who look like…
August 30, 2022
A Black teenager will leave his high school rather than obey an order to cut his locs, an ultimatum his…
August 30, 2022
Moving forward, Green said, students at Paine would also be having discussions about purchasing land for future developments.
August 29, 2022
A new Army program gives lower-performing recruits up to 90 days of academic or fitness instruction to help them meet military standards.