Last April, Amy Joyner-Francis was beaten to death after being jumped by a group of girls at her Wilmington high school.

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Education is one of the topics that must be addressed by both Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, because it is what many consider to be the “great equalizer” in America. As many of NewsOne Now’s viewers know, Roland Martin and the University of Phoenix are committed to promoting initiatives that further academic achievement. Martin caught […]

GRIFF has a prayer for high school seniors who not only are not going to be graduating this year, but haven’t told anybody in their families. So these students just have their parents and grandparents and aunties and uncles coming through to the graduating thinking they’re going to see their beloved walk in the graduation. Plus, he & Erica give […]

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The victim, who has not yet been identified as police, was jumped in the bathroom around 8:15 a.m. Thursday. She was found in critical condition and rushed to the A.I DuPont Hospital for Children by helicopter. A short time later, she died from her injuries.

The stress of having a baby is stressful yet satisfying once all the labor is over.  Now a new study by Arizona State University says the most stressful time for moms is middle school. The research was published in the January issue of Developmental Psychology   “I was a little taken aback to see that apparently […]

Turns out, Obama was actually given the opportunity to speak at the 17-year-old's ceremony, but he turned it down because he'll be too busy crying.

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According to reports, the U.S. high school dropout rate has significantly plunged over the past few years. In 2008, there were 1 million dropouts and…

Students from Tolman High School in Pawtucket, Rhode Island were pepper sprayed and arrested by police during a protest that were sparked after an officer body slammed a teenager to the ground earlier this week.

A California high school student is facing battery charges after he was recorded fighting his partially blind classmate, NBC News reports. The fight occurred Wednesday at Huntington…