by Tanner Howard | Jan 20, 2015 | State of the Union
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by Tanner Howard | Jan 20, 2015 | Education, State of the Union
WASHINGTON — Startling new research shows that 51 percent of students in American public schools came from low-income families as of 2013, a growth of nearly 25 percent over the previous 30 years. The numbers, compiled by the Southern Education Foundation, a...
by Tanner Howard | Jan 13, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — The new Congress will take up legislation this year to make higher education more affordable, especially for working parents striving for a college degree, Sen. Mike Lee told a conservative-leaning think tank Tuesday. Lee, R-Utah, said policy-makers...
by Tanner Howard | Jan 12, 2015 | Education
Washington – Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced plans Monday for a significant change in the No Child Left Behind, the federal government’s landmark 2002 education law. Duncan, in an address at an elementary School, framed the No Child Left Behind debate as...
by Tanner Howard | Jan 7, 2015 | Energy, Environment
WASHINGTON — With gas prices projected to hit lows not seen since 2009, speakers at the 2015 U.S. Energy Policy Outlook emphasized the disruptive nature of low prices on the global market. “There will be much difficulty until the market settles,” said Edward...
