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September 15, 2011
OPINION - Our focus on math, science, and a double-period each year of English, equips students with the essential knowledge…
September 7, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Williams-Bolar, of Akron, served nine days in jail earlier this year for falsifying information on records…
September 5, 2011
OPINION - As millions of young people return back to school this year, we are still faced with the elephant…
August 22, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Officials announced Monday that schools chief Arlene Ackerman would be bought out of her contract for about…
August 16, 2011
VIDEO - Most students entering the Seed School do so three grades below grade level. Upon entry, students are set…
August 15, 2011
From TheGRIO -- Just 3 percent of Detroit's fourth graders and 4 percent of eighth graders meet national math standards.…
August 10, 2011
ATLANTA (AP) - Former Atlanta schools Superintendent Beverly Hall says she "deeply" regrets not doing more to prevent cheating during…
August 8, 2011
OPINION - The American record in getting kids, especially kids of color, the preschool-through-high school education they need to go…
July 19, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Educators are accused of giving students inappropriate help and, in some cases, of changing students' answers --…
July 15, 2011
NEWS ONE - Many programs are being created and funded to push young black males along a path to success…
June 16, 2011
OPINION - According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, American students are less proficient in their nation's history than…
June 16, 2011
PHOENIX (AP) - Supporters of the program have criticized challenges as an attack against Arizona's Hispanic population...
March 2, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - After the glamour and glitz of recent days, it's back to the books for the chorus…
February 21, 2011
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The fight over the fate of 150,000 public school students has stirred long-festering emotions in Memphis…
February 2, 2011
OPINION - Since the classroom and textbooks have been an imperfect way of educating students about African-American history, the future…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Fed up with the troubled bureaucracy of inner-city schools, 25-year-old Teach for America alumnus Dominique Lee decided…
February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Kittie Weston-Knauer, one of the first competitive female BMX racers in the United States, is no stranger…
January 26, 2011
OPINION - Kelley Williams-Bolar was convicted of fraud, for a very common practice often utilized in many lower income communities...
January 18, 2011
OPINION - The Obama administration is hoping to create a bipartisan solution that reduces the need for constant testing, while…
January 14, 2011
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - "For that day, so many have died. For that day, so many have marched. So many…