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September 3, 2011
VIDEO - They must also have a 90 percent attendance rate, a record of good behavior and at least 40…
September 2, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Parole Board on Friday recommended that the governor not pardon a woman who was…
September 1, 2011
VIDEO - Florida's Monique Laroche is living proof. The 57-year-old Plantation woman just received her Bachelor's degree from Broward College...
August 30, 2011
The problem with using vouchers as a means to expand access to quality schools for poor children is that it…
August 27, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - There are several important stories that are often omitted during comparisons between immigrant Africans and their U.S.…
August 24, 2011
OPINION - Our ancestors were beaten, maimed and killed during slavery, when it was illegal to teach a slave to…
August 23, 2011
The study shows that students who reported being bullied in the 10th grade saw a slight decrease in GPA by…
August 22, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Officials announced Monday that schools chief Arlene Ackerman would be bought out of her contract for about…
August 16, 2011
VIDEO - Most students entering the Seed School do so three grades below grade level. Upon entry, students are set…
August 14, 2011
OPINION - A YourBlackWorld.com study reports that 42 percent of all African-Americans at predominantly white college campuses never had a…
August 11, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The only factor more influential than socioeconomic status was having a previously diagnosed sexually transmitted infection --…
August 10, 2011
MSNBC will air "A Stronger America: Making the Grade," a live two-hour discussion on strengthening America through education, from the…
August 10, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Former Atlanta schools Superintendent Beverly Hall says she "deeply" regrets not doing more to prevent cheating during…
August 9, 2011
MSNBC is focusing on education this week, a focus that will end with a two hour special called _A Stronger…
August 8, 2011
(AP) - Arne Duncan says he will announce a new waiver system Monday to give schools a break from student…
August 8, 2011
OPINION - The American record in getting kids, especially kids of color, the preschool-through-high school education they need to go…
August 4, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg will kick in $30 million from his foundation and hedge fund manager…
August 4, 2011
Memphis district aims to disband to force wealthier suburban system to absorb its students...
August 4, 2011
VIDEO - A summer camp at Southern Methodist University in Dallas is grooming 80 future scientists and doctors from minority…
August 4, 2011
OPINION - New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the billionaire financier George Soros have teamed up to aid African-American and…