by Preston R. Michelson | Mar 17, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — High tuition prices and complicated student aid in higher education have not kept pace with the nation’s needs. “Today’s higher education resources are incomplete, inaccurate and often complicate the financial aid process, misguiding students about their...
by Preston R. Michelson | Mar 9, 2015 | Education
by Preston R. Michelson | Mar 3, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — As the parents of two teenage daughters, the Obamas know the potential of young girls. On Tuesday, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama unveiled an initiative to promote education opportunities for adolescent girls worldwide. The first...
by Preston R. Michelson | Feb 25, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Wednesday that would improve savings plans known as 529s, which help families pay for higher education. The 529 plans are tax-free savings accounts that can only be used for education expenses, such as tuition, fees and books....
by Preston R. Michelson | Feb 11, 2015 | Education
By Preston R. Michelson WASHINGTON — Jill Biden, the wife of the vice president, urged higher education leaders Wednesday to get behind President Barack Obama’s proposal to make two years of community college free. “We need you,” she said at the...
by Preston R. Michelson | Feb 10, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — Civil rights leaders decried the current draft of “No Child Left Behind” legislation on Tuesday, calling it a “disaster.” ‘These proposals bend over backwards to protect the interests of state and local entities that have failed our children,” said Nancy...
by Preston R. Michelson | Feb 9, 2015 | Education
Five years ago, Chrystal Olson was on drugs. She was tired of dragging her children along in that lifestyle in Tacoma, Washington. Today, Olson, 36, is in the PTA at McCarver Elementary School in Tacoma. She has a job, working as a cashier at Kmart. She completed her...
by Preston R. Michelson | Feb 9, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers called on Monday for legislation to ensure that quality of education is not a byproduct of where somebody lives. “The single most important thing we did … was to let the dollars follow the child instead of making the child follow the...
by Preston R. Michelson | Feb 4, 2015 | Living
WASHINGTON — Paid leave and workplace flexibility for parents is not just important for women — fathers need to be included as well, according to experts and report released at the progressive Center for American Progress on Wednesday. “There has been a trend over the...
by Preston R. Michelson | Feb 3, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — Sen. Lamar Alexander called for the federal government Tuesday to encourage — but not mandate — educational innovation as it updates the “No Child Left Behind” law. “I hope we are not far from a conclusion from moving from hearings and discussions to...
by Preston R. Michelson | Jan 27, 2015 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Sen. Lamar Alexander on Tuesday called for a system of state evaluation for teachers, instead of the current federal legislation. At the second Senate hearing this year about the “No Child Left Behind” law, Alexander, R-Tenn., the chairman of the Senate...
