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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.
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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.
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June 12, 2025
Singer Kelis enrolled her children in an AI-powered homeschooling system, and shares the benefits of artificial intelligence learning.
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May 31, 2025
Federal agents will reportedly be reviewing social media accounts of Harvard visa applicants for signs of antisemitism.
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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.
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April 30, 2025
Following threats from the Department of Education, Harvard announced that it will no longer fund affinity group graduation celebrations.
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April 28, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chen launched The Primary School in 2016 to help serve under-served students and families. 
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April 28, 2025
Schoolchildren threatened with eviction are more likely to end up at another school, often with more poverty and lower test…
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April 28, 2025
State lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to use more taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuition and homeschooling…
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April 19, 2025
As U.S. colleges roll back on DEI, students of color say they are starting to lose scholarships, campus mentors, and…
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March 26, 2025
Mantavius Presley, a senior in Douglasville, GA, was accepted to over 60 colleges and awarded over $1 million in scholarships.
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March 13, 2025
The Department of Education has placed 60 universities under investigation over antisemitism allegations and student protests.
Linda McMahon, theGrio.com
March 12, 2025
Advocates worry the government will not look out for poor students, those still learning English, disabled students and racial minorities.
Donald Trump, theGrio.com
January 29, 2025
Trump's order allocating funding for expanding school choice would diverting crucial funding away from already underfunded public schools.
January 8, 2025
Barron Witherspoon says the Trump administration targeting of DEI and Department of Education means we should fight for critical thinking.
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December 9, 2024
States around the country have been overhauling reading curricula in favor of research-based strategies known as the “science of reading."