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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…
September 18, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - Teachers agreed Tuesday to return to the classroom after more than a week on the picket lines…
September 18, 2012
ATLANTA - Basketball legend Magic Johnson has opened an education center in downtown Atlanta for high school dropouts....
September 17, 2012
ANALYSIS - A Chicago school teacher explains why educators in that city took to the picket lines...
September 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In one of the most promising moves during the Chicago Teachers’ Union strike that has over 26,000…
September 14, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - The city's nearly weeklong teachers strike appeared headed toward a resolution Friday after negotiators emerged from marathon…
September 13, 2012
CHICAGO - As the Chicago Teacher’s Union strike enters its fourth day, the nearly 400,000 students, and their parents, have…