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November 4, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - At the third annual 'I Will Graduate Day' presented this year in New York by Entertainers for…
October 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The 2011-2012 Detroit Public School year started on Sept. 6, with thousands of homes and streets all…
October 28, 2011
LOS ANGELES - The kids at Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School had quite the pep rally today...
October 25, 2011
VIDEO - Details about the new sex education curriculum in New York City public schools are out and some are…
October 24, 2011
(AP) - The answer turns out to be a complex equation of self-doubt, stereotypes, discouragement and economics -- and sometimes…
October 20, 2011
OPINION - Dr. Roselyn Aker-Black, psychologist and CEO of Til Death Foundation in Washington, DC, says black youth has always…
October 15, 2011
OPINION - My daughters donʼt play lacrosse, but hereʼs why yours should...
October 14, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Hip-hop has become more than rap music and videos, it has become a culture; a way of…
October 12, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 19-month civil rights investigation of the Los Angeles Unified School District found that the district…
October 11, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - It was not until 1979 that an African-American, Guion "Guy" Bluford, Jr., donned cosmonaut overalls. Three-years later,…
October 7, 2011
The Tribune - "There is no better investment than investment in our kids, especially when they are very little," Shakira…
October 4, 2011
Former Dallas Cowboys cornerback Deion Sanders' charter school application was among eight approved by the Texas State Board of Education…
October 4, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The hot pink puppet with a purple nose and turquoise eyelids will make her debut in a…
October 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - After this trip students and teachers return to the classroom with a better relationship with each other…
September 30, 2011
A report released last week by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) found that first-time enrollment in science graduate programs…
September 30, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Every fall, Arizona State University students can learn about the n-word, in all its complexities and connotations...
September 29, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - An August 17, 2011 Quinnipiac University Poll indicates that amongst black voters Christie has an 81 percent…
September 28, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama told students Wednesday in a back-to-school address that they bear responsibility in helping America…
September 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - More than half of states fail when it comes to teaching about the Civil Rights Movement in…
September 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - For U.S. schools with a large African-American and Latino population, the teachers are drastically short-changed, according to…