Education

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December 26, 2010
SLIDESHOW - In light of the bad economy and attacks on Obama from all directions, the public has lost sight…
December 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama says the DREAM Act is the right thing to do for the county, and important for…
December 16, 2010
OPINION - Although Mario is frightened of the prospect of being deported to a country he doesn't know, he is…
December 10, 2010
OPINION - Solutions to the problem exist -- it is really about whether we have the will and the heart…
December 10, 2010
VIDEO - The five kids are dazzled by where this movie has taken them, and what they have done for…
December 8, 2010
The statewide statistics highlight a pervasive achievement gap in test scores and graduation rates that persists despite focused efforts to…
December 8, 2010
OPINION - To date, over 25 million children have participated in Head Start programs, with billions spent in over a…
December 6, 2010
VIDEO - What started as a chance to help one student has now grown into a movement... which promises help…
December 3, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Twenty states still allow schools to administer corporal punishment and some don't require parental consent or notification...
December 1, 2010
OPINION - Next week, we're going to take a look at early education for African-Americans, from working with infants to…
November 29, 2010
Two out of three of the young people being held in juvenile detention centers in August and September in that…
November 24, 2010
VIDEO - On Tuesday, Cosby went door to door with the superintendent of New Haven, CT to encourage children to…
November 24, 2010
theGRIO VIDEO - When he's not in the studio or on tour, Grammy-award winning singer John Legend is trying to…
November 22, 2010
OPINION - The status quo is unacceptable, the comfortable need to be afflicted, and when it comes to the education…
November 19, 2010
OPINION - Our young men are an endangered breed. And the higher the level of education, the more endangered they…
November 18, 2010
VIDEO - Angry parents in the Vallejo Unified School District packed the district's office Wednesday evening to protest a plan…
November 14, 2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Blacks comprised about 12 percent of total enrollment in higher education in 2007 but were 21 percent…
November 11, 2010
OPINION - We have to read the writing on the wall -- enough is enough. Unfortunately some can't read it...
November 9, 2010
Only 12 percent of black fourth-grade boys are proficient in reading, compared with 38 percent of white boys...
November 8, 2010
NEW DELHI (AP) - Michelle Obama strolled with 15 schoolgirls and took turns holding each one's hand during a field…