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March 5, 2022
School districts will begin training teachers on the new standards next year and implement them in the classroom in the…
March 5, 2022
Several Black legislators said during a six-hour debate that the bill could squelch honest discussion about the harmful effects of…
March 1, 2022
Peanuts Worldwide awarded $200,000 in endowments to Howard University and Hampton University and will provide mentoring opportunities.
2021 CPAC Conference Features Donald Trump And Conservative Luminaries
February 27, 2022
Patrick says he plans to introduce legislation next year that would make teaching critical race theory 'good cause' for tenure…
February 27, 2022
The Wentzville School Board has reversed its ban of "The Bluest Eye" one month after voting to remove it from…
February 25, 2022
Streamed live on Facebook, the awards celebrated leaders fighting against educational racism and censorship.
February 24, 2022
The Texas Education Agency will require any new charter school to submit a “statement of assurance” it will not teach…
February 22, 2022
The donation by Netflix is being given to help underprivileged students at Tougaloo College, an HBCU in Mississippi, pay for…
February 20, 2022
A school once named for Swiss American biologist Louis Agassiz has been renamed the Harriet Tubman Elementary School.
Fannie Lou Hamer
February 6, 2022
The University of Mississippi received a $100,000 gift in the name of Fannie Lou Hamer for students in African American…
February 5, 2022
The name Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student at Alabama, will don an academic building also named for former…
Tennessee State University
February 2, 2022
Governor Bill Lee's proposed $318 million investment will go toward TSU's infrastructure, maintenance and a new library.
Black Graduates
February 1, 2022
27 HBCUs and historically Black medical schools have been awarded $20 million as part of a 10-year commitment from the…
January 29, 2022
A Grosse Pointe mother went viral this week after using a racial slur during a school board meeting about diversity.
January 28, 2022
Sanders, 19, is the first HBCU student-athlete to join the sports drink company's name-image-likeness deal roster.
Abbott Elementary thegrio.com, what to watch
January 24, 2022
The comedy, which focuses on an underfunded public school in Philadelphia, expertly and amusingly tackles real-world subjects.
January 22, 2022
D.A. Grahamm, interim vice provost for diversity at the University of Kansas, resigned Wednesday, the university said.
Provo, Utah School Prepares For School Year Amid CoVID-19 Pandemic
January 21, 2022
Black lawmakers walked out in protest after the Mississippi Senate passed legislation that would prohibit CRT from being taught.
Amaria Clark, theGRIO.com
January 21, 2022
The mother of a 7-year-old Florida girl is taking legal action against the child’s school after a teacher allegedly assaulted…
Everton Blair, candidate for Georgia State School Superintendent
January 18, 2022
If elected, Everton would be the first Black, youngest-ever and first openly gay school superintendent in the Peach State's history.