Education

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August 17, 2010
OPINION - When the equity agenda is elevated and achieved in education, the more likely it is that black males,…
August 16, 2010
The 2010 state results, released last month, came as a blow to the legacy of the mayor and the chancellor,…
August 13, 2010
OPINION - Your zip code and your income may determine where you live...but they shouldn't determine your child's future...
August 12, 2010
VIDEO - The concept of this single-sex focused school for young women was met with criticism in the beginning. However,…
August 11, 2010
OPINION - Education is the pathway out of poverty. For too long poverty has perpetuated ignorance, which feeds discrimination and…
August 10, 2010
OPINION - We need to get rid of the system that protects bad teachers and makes it impossible to reward…
August 6, 2010
RIALTO, Calif. (AP) - Dan Schruender, a past president of the California chapter of Aryan Nations, filed nomination papers Monday…
August 5, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Legislation long sought by Democrats to save the jobs of up to 300,000 teachers, police and other…
August 3, 2010
DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday that two out of three Texas teachers in the past school…
July 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama said the goal isn't to fire or admonish teachers but to create a culture of…
July 23, 2010
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - In the historical epicenter of slavery, a professor thinks he may have found the nation's oldest…
July 22, 2010
OPINION - As a nation, we should remember that racial discrimination, in the form of separate and unequal education, is…
July 21, 2010
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) - Protesters and police scuffled over claims that a new busing system would resegregate schools...
July 15, 2010
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut's black and Hispanic students continue to narrow the academic achievement gap with double-digit percentage improvements…
July 8, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - The Zone, which covers 97 square blocks of Harlem is a neighborhood legendary for black culture and…
July 8, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Mary J. Blige may have her sights on going back to school these days, but Howard University…
July 8, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The survey shows that children of all ages from low-income families, regardless of race, are at a…
June 30, 2010
OPINION - With the growth of the charter school movement since the 1990s to offer choice and accountability in public…
June 23, 2010
VIDEO - Practically everything at River Terrace Elementary in Washington, DC--to what the kids hear, what they eat and what…
June 22, 2010
OPINION - The overall failure of incentives to produce significant academic impact confirms that achievement is not solely informed by…