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Guy Stanley Philoche, Atlanta Art Fair 2025, Guy Stanley Philoche Higher Learning, Black art, Atlanta Art Fair 2025 theGrio.com
September 24, 2025
Guy Stanley Philoche’s new collection honors HBCUs and education, reminding us that our dreams and history are worth defending.
The College Board, College Board Landscape cancelled, College Board adversity, affirmative action theGrio.com
September 8, 2025
The College Board, which administers the SAT exam, ending the Landscape program is “a politically savvy move to avoid risk,”…
August 19, 2025
An exclusive excerpt from Tre Johnson’s Black Genius explores how Black students redefine brilliance through “streemal education.”
August 14, 2025
Florida’s use of virtual school in juvenile detention was meant to provide consistency — but families say it’s not working.
Penn Law scholarlship, Upenn Office of Equal Opportunity and Engagement, University of Pennsylvania law school, U Penn DEI, theGrio.com
August 12, 2025
The University of Pennsylvania has paused a full tuition scholarship created in honor of the first Black woman to graduate…
August 1, 2025
Educator Dr. Gloria McDaniel-Hall reflects on the lifelong impact of exclusion and what’s at stake for students without federal support.
July 18, 2025
Civil rights case resolutions in schools drop sharply under Trump as Education Department staff is slashed and complaints rise.
Kendrick Lamar, Temple University, hip-hop course
June 23, 2025
The course, titled “Kendrick Lamar and the Morale of M.A.A.D. city,” will be offered during the Fall 2025 semester. 
Ten Commandments, Texas, theGrio.com
June 22, 2025
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Saturday that he signed the bill after a similar law was ultimately blocked in Louisiana.
AI homeschooling, Kelis homeschool, Kelis AI home schooling, home school programs theGrio.com
June 12, 2025
Singer Kelis enrolled her children in an AI-powered homeschooling system, and shares the benefits of artificial intelligence learning.
Harvard Trump, Harvard trump administration, Harvard visa, Trump student visas, visa social media review, Harvard visas TheGrio.com
May 31, 2025
Federal agents will reportedly be reviewing social media accounts of Harvard visa applicants for signs of antisemitism.
hbcu graduate programs, hbcu grad programs, Do HBCUs have grad programs?, hbcu postgraduate programs, is graduate school worth it?, HBCU masters programs, The Century Foundation, HBCU study theGrio.com
May 16, 2025
Looking to go to grad school? A new report spotlights the academic, financial, and cultural benefits of graduate programs at…
Kennesaw State University, Trump Administration, The Georgia NAACP, theGrio.com
May 6, 2025
Kennesaw State University announced in late April that it was ending three “low-producing” programs, including Black Studies. 
Trump Administration, desegregation, American schools, theGrio.com
May 2, 2025
The end of the 1966 legal agreement with Plaquemines Parish schools was announced Tuesday, April 29.
Harvard DEI, Harvard Trump DEI, Harvard 2025 Black graduation, Harvard deparment of education, Harvard 2025 commencement theGrio.com
April 30, 2025
Following threats from the Department of Education, Harvard announced that it will no longer fund affinity group graduation celebrations.
Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chen, Mark Zuckerberg school, The Primary School, Trump Administration, DEI, theGrio.com
April 28, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chen launched The Primary School in 2016 to help serve under-served students and families. 
thegrio, housing policy, eviction, education policy
April 28, 2025
Schoolchildren threatened with eviction are more likely to end up at another school, often with more poverty and lower test…
thegrio, Republican-states, school vouchers, education policy
April 28, 2025
State lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to use more taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuition and homeschooling…
DEI rollback college, DEI impact on students, DEI rollbacks universities, DEI rollbacks students of color theGrio.com
April 19, 2025
As U.S. colleges roll back on DEI, students of color say they are starting to lose scholarships, campus mentors, and…
Mantavius Presley, Mantavius Presley scholarships, $1 million scholarships student. student earns $1 million in scholarships theGrio.com
March 26, 2025
Mantavius Presley, a senior in Douglasville, GA, was accepted to over 60 colleges and awarded over $1 million in scholarships.