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November 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Chicago AP History teacher Colby Burnett is headed to the final rounds of the Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament.…
November 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Texas education commissioner Michael Williams is considering a new rating system that takes the achievement gap into…
October 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Students at L'Ecole de Choix (School of Choice) in Haiti are receiving the best education of their…
October 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - This November, residents will vote again to see if their state's Constitution can finally be rid of…
October 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Florida Board of Education has been met with opposition for approving a strategic plan this week…
October 3, 2012
The controversial education-themed drama Won't Back Down, which stars Oscar nominees Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal, bombed at the box…
October 3, 2012
(AP) - As the Supreme Court revisits the use of race in college admissions next week, critics of affirmative action…
October 2, 2012
CHICAGO - The biggest hurdle during last month's Chicago teacher strike was the tentative deal reached by the teachers union…
September 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Oprah Winfrey Network will premiere a television special on October 14 following the journey of the…
September 26, 2012
MIAMI - Booker T. Washington High School students not only go to class, they also run the new Dade County…
September 26, 2012
VIDEO - As part of the NBC News 2012 "Education Nation" Summit this week, President Barack Obama sat down with…
September 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Amid calls for education change during NBC’s 2012 Education Nation Summit, the Sunday night premiere of Won't…
September 24, 2012
OPINION - Every day more than 7,000 students across the country drop out of school and over 1,000,000 students will…
September 24, 2012
VIDEO - 'Won't Back Down' is an uncompromising look at the health of American school systems, and what parents can…
September 23, 2012
ANALYSIS - Presidential campaigns rarely lead to great discussions of public policy, and this one has been no exception...
September 20, 2012
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Struggling with a chronically stagnant economy and one of the highest crime rates in the world...
September 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - With the collapse of Morris Brown College — due to financial mismanagement, corruption, financial aid theft and…
September 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A new study released today shows that while black males’ high school graduation rates have improved significantly…
September 19, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Education Department is awarding $228 million in grants to historically black colleges and universities. The five-year…
September 19, 2012
CHICAGO - After a stand-off in the third-largest school district in the nation that had the Chicago Teachers Union in…