Math

Introducing “True Story with Natasha Alford” a new original series on theGrio. In our first episode, we look at the […]

VIDEO – MSNBC’s Craig Melvin has been exploring the future of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities. In the second part of his series, he discusses how HBCUs can make young black students more viable in the workplace through science, math, technology and engineering…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Yes, today’s students are doing better than those who came before them. But the improvements have come at a snail’s pace…

ESSAY – What about a child’s shot at the pros? Quick answer: much worse. For example, the boy who wants to be a pro baseball player has a 0.4 percent chance…

NEW YORK (AP) – A school principal said she’s ‘appalled’ by a homework assignment that used scenarios about killing and whipping slaves to teach math…

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration unveiled plans Wednesday to create an elite corps of master teachers, a $1 billion effort to boost U.S. students’ achievement in science, technology, engineering and math…

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) – The suburban Atlanta teacher who resigned after an investigation found students were given math homework with word problems about slavery has apologized…

LAWRENCEVILLE, Georgia (AP) – A spokeswoman says a suburban Atlanta teacher has resigned after an investigation found third-grade students being assigned math homework with word problems about slavery…

(AP) – The answer turns out to be a complex equation of self-doubt, stereotypes, discouragement and economics — and sometimes just wrong perceptions of what math and science are all about…

theGRIO REPORT – It was not until 1979 that an African-American, Guion “Guy” Bluford, Jr., donned cosmonaut overalls. Three-years later, he became the first African-American man in space…

TheGrio’s 100 – pollinating the next generation of the nation’s innovators…

theGrio’s 100 – Omo Moses speaks like a true activist, following in the path of the great men who share his name…

Despite unprecedented efforts to improve minority achievement in the past decade, the gap between black and white students remains frustratingly wide, according to an Education Department report released Tuesday…

I spent last Friday night at a 4th grade poetry slam. I wasn’t sure I wanted to go. As the […]

CHARLOTTE – A few middle school students in Charlotte, North Carolina aren’t that thrilled the school year has come to […]