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August 23, 2013
OPINION - The March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom was about more than employment or personal gain – it…
April 17, 2013
OPINION - Erasing the barriers to digitally enhanced learning for students in disadvantaged situations requires a multifaceted approach...
April 8, 2013
BOSTON (AP) - The uproar started in 1974, when a federal judge imposed busing after a lawsuit claimed black students…
February 7, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Swizz Beatz is making beautiful music for education, for some lucky kids in the Bronx...
September 11, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - A strike by thousands of teachers in Chicago headed into its second day Tuesday, creating a political…
August 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - If kids want to stay at the head of the class and keep health and fitness a…
May 29, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) - Another eight states are gaining flexibility from the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, U.S. Education Secretary…
February 29, 2012
OPINION - This is an issue that should be addressed every day of the year, not just during Black History…
February 9, 2012
VIDEO - According to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday, an examination of a home computer and two external hard drives…
February 6, 2012
VIDEO - Thirty states have outlawed corporal punishment in schools since the first state in the union made it illegal…
January 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - For the second time this month, a highly controversial homework assignment involving slavery has led to stunned…
January 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT- Merely a decade ago, the No Child Left Behind Act inspired the country to provide the best education…
January 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Recent numbers from the New York City Police Department show that an average of one student per…
December 19, 2011
African-American students whose primary language is English perform significantly worse in math...
December 8, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - A 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress study has found Washington, D.C. public schools have the largest…
October 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The 2011-2012 Detroit Public School year started on Sept. 6, with thousands of homes and streets all…
October 12, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 19-month civil rights investigation of the Los Angeles Unified School District found that the district…
September 23, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is trying to energize school performance at the local level by giving states the…
September 20, 2011
OPINION - In recent years, a number of federal courts have ruled school districts officially 'desegregated' thereby cutting off funding...
September 19, 2011
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - More than a half-century after federal troops escorted nine black students into an all-white school,…