Graduations are meant to be special moments between students and their families, but one family is now facing charges for cheering on their relatives during a…

It was the graduation present of a lifetim when a military mom surprised her son as he received his high school diploma. Steven Turner Jr.…

Rickey Smiley has several relatives graduating from high school this year, including two of his kids. As a proud parent and an advocate for education,…

Thanks to Principal Nancy Gordeuk, this year’s graduation at TNT Academy quickly went viral because of her racially charged rant. Towards the end of her diatribe,…

Giving a candid and deeply personal commencement speech at Tuskegee University on Saturday, the First Lady of the United States reflected on the emotional toll…

Amid outcry from the state police union, a New Jersey university has decided to cancel a commencement speech from rapper Common over a song he…

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According to new data from the Department of Education, graduation rates for Black and Hispanic students increased by nearly four percentage points from 2011 to 2013, outpacing…

Seniors gearing up for graduation at Howard University can breathe a little easier now; the Mecca is implementing a new practice that will surely lower…

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  This week, an American ritual will repeat itself. Something that within the past century has morphed into a rite of passage for armies of…

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She’s come a long way from the girl ridiculed by people throughout social media and who was even asked by defense attorney Don West if she…

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“NewsOne Now” host Roland Martin loves to offer his words of wisdom every week on the radio and TV One. Well, last week, he gave…

Ruby Robinson got the gift of a lifetime at her graduation from Columbia University’s Engineering School this week. Her father, an Army reservist serving in…