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October 17, 2013
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Philadelphia schools learned Wednesday they will get an extra $45 million from the state as the…
August 19, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minority and low-income parents are more likely to see serious problems in their schools — from low…
July 24, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Black students are less likely to participate in hooking-up in the four years they are in college…
June 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Warner Brothers’ highly anticipated superhero epic Man of Steel hits theaters this Friday and the movie studio…
June 6, 2013
First lady Michelle Obama met Wednesday with students from a Chicago high school where 29 current or former students had…
June 6, 2013
VIDEO - They all have different stories. But, they all have the same problem -- homelessness...
May 15, 2013
NBC Miami - A group of 20 students headed to prom – along with their limousine driver – helped rescue…
May 2, 2013
NBC San Diego - Dozens of San Diego area high school students have been suspended and banned from prom or…
April 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A Tennessee bill that would reduce welfare benefits to low-income families if their child performs poorly in…
April 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A piece of Tennessee legislation will penalize low-income families by reducing their welfare benefits if their child…
February 26, 2013
ATLANTA (AP) - Thousands of students couldn't afford to go to college this school year because the U.S. Department of…
February 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Barclays Center is linking Brooklyn's African-American basketball history and its present-day team, the Brooklyn Nets, with…
January 3, 2013
MONROE, Conn. (AP) - Classes are resuming for Sandy Hook Elementary School students for the first time since last month's…
October 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Ohio band The National claims they have received negative feedback since they openly supported President Barack Obama's…
October 4, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Dozens of University of Texas at Austin students, alumni and faculty gathered around a campus statue of…
September 26, 2012
MIAMI - Booker T. Washington High School students not only go to class, they also run the new Dade County…
September 19, 2012
CHICAGO - After a stand-off in the third-largest school district in the nation that had the Chicago Teachers Union in…
September 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In one of the most promising moves during the Chicago Teachers’ Union strike that has over 26,000…
September 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Chicago Teachers’ Union president Karen Lewis and school board president David Vitale showed optimistic signs that an…
September 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Talks ended Tuesday evening with no agreement reached between the Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU) and the Chicago…