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May 4, 2012
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's top court has backed sweeping affirmative action programs used in more than 1,000 universities across…
April 30, 2012
Fifth-grade students at P.S. 36 are bettering their communication skills and decision-making by becoming life-size pieces in a chess game...
April 25, 2012
VIDEO - Students in Harlem learn how to play squash and improve their grades through the Street Squash after school…
April 25, 2012
theGRIO Q&A - Now the founder and CEO of StudentsFirst, Michelle Rhee is using her years of expertise to advise…
April 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - An estimated 1.5 million black students could see their student loans increase unless Congress and President Obama…
April 23, 2012
BERKELEY, California (AP) - Fifteen years ago, California voters were asked: Should colleges consider a student's race when they decide…
April 18, 2012
(AP) - In Milledgeville, Ga., a city of 18,000 some 90 miles from Atlanta, Salecia Johnson was accused of tearing…
April 5, 2012
OPINION - For all intents and purposes, affirmative action is dead.
March 30, 2012
Chicago's Urban Prep Academy will continue it's remarkable run this year, as its entire all-male, All-African-American class of graduates have…
March 29, 2012
Students at an all boy high school walked out of classes to protest the lack of education.
March 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - As the NCAA pushes for tougher academic standards, students will struggle to strike a balance between the…
March 15, 2012
BLACK ENTERPISE - Kimberly C. Ellis joined twitter in 2009 but she didn't understand its influence in the black community…
March 15, 2012
More recently, a growing number of black families are also turning their backs on the public school system...
March 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In recent months there have been a number of local news reports on parents taking the tough-love…
March 15, 2012
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A new study comparing the graduation rates of the men's and women's teams in this year's…
March 14, 2012
Alvin Aureliano Davis greets more than 400 students to his band program and music classroom every day with a smile…
March 12, 2012
A Florida dad is punishing his son for his poor grades on his report card...
March 12, 2012
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The graduation rate disparity between African-American and white players at schools in this year's men's NCAA…
March 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT- Key black leaders are divided on the Obama administration's increased regulation of for-profit colleges, with some casting the…
February 29, 2012
OPINION - This is an issue that should be addressed every day of the year, not just during Black History…