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April 21, 2022
AT&T has contributed $500,000 to PCs for People in Baltimore to provide free access to digital tools for low-income students.
April 16, 2022
In the eight-minute video, students at Druid Hills High School use iPhones to document the classrooms that are crumbling around…
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April 12, 2022
Destiny Brannon went viral in 2018 after her valedictorian title was stripped by a Texas high school due to an…
April 12, 2022
American schools plan to make up for time lost during the pandemic by spending billions on tutoring, summer camps and…
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April 9, 2022
Black students at one Nevada school district are being expelled and disciplined at far higher rates than white students, according…
April 7, 2022
A Virginia 10th-grader is being sued by his former history teacher for allegedly harassing the longtime educator with acts of…
April 6, 2022
Valerie Sheares Ashby is set to make history as the next president of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC). 
March 28, 2022
Merrill Pittman Cooper grew up in segregated America in the 1930s, so his family was too poor to pay for…
March 25, 2022
As Black girls are seen to advance for their age, a study from Georgetown Law said it could lead to…
Joe Biden debt thegrio.com
March 22, 2022
Why is President Biden unclear about using his executive authority to deliver on his promise to cancel at least $10,000…
March 19, 2022
Before the pandemic, a San Antonio district’s after-school program had 1,000 staff members serving more than 7,000 students.
March 19, 2022
As students return to classrooms across the nation, many parents are finding crucial after-school programs in short supply.
March 18, 2022
The United Negro College Fund is working with Deloitte Digital to launch HBCUv, an online learning platform targeting HBCUs.
March 17, 2022
Detroit native Stephen Ball has made history as the first Black man to serve as the new dean of students…
March 14, 2022
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Monday to limit how race can be discussed in classrooms, and it became…
March 12, 2022
HBCU Jackson State is partnering with six community colleges to help associate degree graduates transition into its bachelor’s programs.
March 12, 2022
Georgia GOP lawmakers seek a ban on topics originally listed in a now-repealed 2020 executive order by former President Donald…
March 7, 2022
My son told his teacher he wasn’t interested in what she had to say. He refused to do math time…
Glenn Youngkin thegrio.com
March 7, 2022
Youngkin promised if elected he would move to ban such divisive concepts, though he has not yet explained why the…
March 6, 2022
Teachers have long sought ways to deliver a complete version of U.S. history that includes contributions by people of color.