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Tia Mowry, Back-to-school, Box Tops for Education, Black celebrity children, Black celebrity families, theGrio.com
August 21, 2025
Tia Mowry opens up about her hopes for her children this school year and how her family is getting ready…
Cell phone pouch, Lackawanna, N.Y.
August 26, 2024
Educators say their lesson plans are no longer enough to keep students engaged. At the crux of these challenges? Cell…
June 16, 2022
The pandemic has highlighted disparities in structural improvements and air quality in schools—and how both can impair learning.
June 14, 2022
Impaired vision can have far-reaching effects on children's education and quality of life, including poor academic performance.
April 12, 2022
American schools plan to make up for time lost during the pandemic by spending billions on tutoring, summer camps and…
March 7, 2022
My son told his teacher he wasn’t interested in what she had to say. He refused to do math time…
Everton Blair, candidate for Georgia State School Superintendent
January 18, 2022
If elected, Everton would be the first Black, youngest-ever and first openly gay school superintendent in the Peach State's history.
January 2, 2022
Adams said his administration’s next move is to determine whether to require city employees, who are under a vaccine mandate,…
January 1, 2022
Georgia’s two largest school districts have not announced any changes to returning to school in person as of Saturday.
Tampa-Area Chidren Return To Classrooms On First Day Of School
October 31, 2021
Schools in Orange and Broward counties will see mask-wearing rules be loosened this week as COVID-19 transmissions slow.
child mask school thegrio.com
August 21, 2021
Florida Board of Education gave 48 hours for school districts to comply with orders of ending school mask mandates.
August 15, 2021
A California teacher was attacked by a disgruntled parent over the school's mask mandate. The district has yet to press…
school teahcer theGRIO.com
August 13, 2021
Several Florida elementary schools will be forever changed after three instructors died from COVID-related complications.
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 12, 2021
Laws setting guide rails for race lessons in Republican-controlled states have left some teachers worried about how they will be…
March 29, 2021
Two Montgomery County officers believe Black children who get into trouble at school aren’t whupped enough. Whupping is part of…
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the American Rescue Plan as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris listens in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 12, 2021 in Washington, DC.
March 17, 2021
The American Rescue Plan that Biden signed into law financially supports a COVID-19 screening program for teachers, students and staff.
New York City Middle Schools Reopen For In-Person Learning
March 9, 2021
The New York City school system is being accused of segregation and denying almost a million students of basic education.
Russell Westbrook thegrio.com
February 24, 2021
Russell Westbrook and his wife Nina Earl are working with L.A Promise Fund to open a middle and high school…
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November 19, 2020
For Black economically vulnerable families, open school buildings are one of the enduring forms of psychological, economic and communal care.