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September 12, 2011
California Watch - The figures show that white students here also receive a disproportionately greater share of private scholarship funding...
September 11, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - For Marian Wright Edelman, growing up in the segregated south and her parents' emphasis on community service…
September 9, 2011
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Kelley Williams-Bolar told Cleveland's WJW-TV on Thursday she can live her life and be a productive…
September 8, 2011
WASHINGTON - The two 10-year-olds sat down with President Obama in the White House for an exclusive back-to-school interview set…
September 7, 2011
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) - The wedding came almost a year to the day after the couple's originally scheduled wedding date..
September 7, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Williams-Bolar, of Akron, served nine days in jail earlier this year for falsifying information on records…
September 5, 2011
OPINION - As millions of young people return back to school this year, we are still faced with the elephant…
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…