Education

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June 16, 2011
PHOENIX (AP) - Supporters of the program have criticized challenges as an attack against Arizona's Hispanic population...
June 8, 2011
VIDEO - Catherine Ferguson Academy is unlike any other school in the country. It has been educating teen mothers since…
June 7, 2011
A majority of Black youth are not politically involved especially those from low-income households, according to a year-long study conducted…
June 7, 2011
OPINION - The latest frontline of the public school vs. charter school battlefield is happening in the most famous African-American…
June 6, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - At Chicago's Lafayette school, financial support for its after-school orchestra program was cut by 10 percent...
June 3, 2011
NBC CHICAGO - Newly appointed schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard said a "performance contract" would hold him accountable for student achievement...
June 3, 2011
OPINION - What if we moved from the fun and scandalous, and actually used Twitter to do something useful?
May 29, 2011
OPINION - Instead of solely spouting more statistics on the disparities, we aim to teach you about each disease and…
May 19, 2011
OPINION - It seems unlikely that the 5,000 public charter schools with 1.7 million students are about to become the…
May 18, 2011
OPINION - It's time for us to get off of our collective butts and sit with our children and start…
May 17, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Four white Philadelphia teachers charge in federal race-bias lawsuits that a black principal suggested they were unfit…
May 13, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - Before the earthquake, child servants lived and worked in Port-au-Prince's homes. Today, many, like Rose Manette, serve…
May 13, 2011
We don't know whether former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is running for president, but he is getting into education...
May 11, 2011
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) - She is charged with felony larceny for allegedly using her baby sitter's address to enroll her…
May 10, 2011
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - McDowell and Williams-Bolar are low-income black single mothers, a fact that disturbs civil rights activists who…
May 10, 2011
"Apparently he doesn't like educated African-Americans very much," Kevin Allen, a final four contestant on the series' second season, said…
May 10, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - While a handful of detractors call these ceremonies discriminatory, a large number of students and professors laud…
May 6, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Private employers shrugged off high gas prices and created 268,000 jobs -- the most since February 2006...
May 3, 2011
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A public school district in Mississippi and the federal government are divided over whether the schools…
May 2, 2011
OPINION - I have never met Kelley Williams or Tanya MacDowell. I know their stories not only because I read…