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July 25, 2023
Francis Howell School Board led by new conservative board members elected since last year, has revoked that anti-racism resolution.
San Francisco classroom, theGrio.com
August 3, 2022
In a candidate questionnaire, Ann Hsu cited "unstable" families and "lack of parental encouragement" as challenges to educating Black and…
November 6, 2021
Some conservative political action groups said they racked up wins in the school board races where they funneled money.
New York Teachers Conduct Remote Classes From School Building
July 13, 2021
The Oklahoma Board of Education has outlined new guidelines limiting teachings on race and gender in K-12 classrooms.
June 17, 2021
Over the objections of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, state lawmakers voted to change the process in which the board's selected.
September 20, 2020
Joyce Morley, a DeKalb County school board member, says many are misunderstanding the comments she made during a recent meeting.
December 11, 2018
[griojw id=”YjClXyzl” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Everton Blair, Jr. has made history by becoming the youngest— and the first person of color ever– to
bullying
May 22, 2018
A 12-year-old Sacramento, Calif.,-area Black boy told his local school board last week that he has been thrown to the…
British police
March 15, 2018
According to reports, a school board of governors in the city of Bath have refused to expel three teenage students…
March 8, 2018
I got all the way to the 12th grade and still didn’t have a clue about who I wanted to
November 3, 2015
During a school board meeting, just days after cell phone footage from a Spring Valley High School classroom showed a…
August 21, 2015
A debate got heated over whether or not a Georgia high school should stop using the pro-slavery "Dixie" as its…
January 26, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Georgia parents were outraged when their son came to them with an unusual question about his homework.…
October 2, 2014
OPINION - Large-scale student protests and “teacher sick-out” school closures have recently thrust into the spotlight the school board of…
October 17, 2013
MSNBC - In June, the Supreme Court badly weakened the 1965 Voting Rights Act which had been signed into law…
May 31, 2013
RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - A Virginia school board is calling for the resignation of one of its members, after he…
March 21, 2013
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) — School board meetings descend into shouting matches. Accusations of racism and anti-Semitism fly. Angry parents…
September 18, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Classes have resumed in one Illinois school – without the teachers. Lake Forest High School, a suburb…
August 22, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Officials announced Monday that schools chief Arlene Ackerman would be bought out of her contract for about…
July 27, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The Memphis City School Board has voted to reverse a potential delay in the start of the…