by Megan Neunan | Mar 15, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, did not like what Veterans’ Affairs had to say to Sandra Strickland, a homeless U.S. Army veteran, when she contacted them for help. “You got a list of shelters. ‘Here it is. See you later?’” he asked Strickland of...
by Megan Neunan | Mar 14, 2012 | Education
WASHINTON – Esther Owolabi was in the seventh grade when her dad, a veteran Chicago schools teacher, repeated his principal’s comment from a faculty meeting: “Not all of these kids can be Barack Obama, not all these kids can be president. You need some cab...
by Megan Neunan | Mar 5, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON — Rhena Jasey quickly put herself on track to become a doctor after she entered Harvard. She loved children, but didn’t see a major that fit her passion. So pre-med it was – until she returned home for her first school break, disillusioned. “My...
by Megan Neunan | Feb 29, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON — Dishawn Jackson said he used to get in a lot of trouble. Now he just gets on the ice. Jackson is one of more than 3,000 young people who have benefitted from the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation, which offers at-risk students in the Philadelphia...
by Megan Neunan | Feb 16, 2012 | Education
Arne Duncan said funds to raise teacher pay are already in the system. He suggested money exists in sections of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act targeting low-income students and teacher training. (MNS) WASHINGTON — In its search for better schools,...
by Megan Neunan | Feb 8, 2012 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — If you have ever served your child apple juice, you may have served more arsenic along with it than the federal government allows in bottled water. The “APPLE Juice Act of 2012,” introduced Wednesday by two House Democrats, requires that the Food...
by Megan Neunan | Feb 1, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski on Wednesday announced the FCC’s new plan to help teachers transition to electronic versions of their textbooks during an e-town hall...
by Megan Neunan | Jan 25, 2012 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Usually it’s Mom and Dad talking up all things green and good for you. Wednesday at a Virginia elementary school, however, parents listened as Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack explained why their children’s school meals would go...
by Megan Neunan | Jan 24, 2012 | Politics
For the second year, some senators and House members ignored political labels and sat with colleagues from a different party at the State of the Union. Medill News Service asked senators taking the subway who their “dates” would be. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.,...
by Megan Neunan | Jan 18, 2012 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that will determine if a parent’s years spent as a U.S. resident can be transferred to an adult child facing deportation to satisfy residency requirements. The consolidated cases of Holder v. Gutierrez...
by Megan Neunan | Jan 11, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON – At a forum of women world leaders Wednesday, former Irish President Mary Robinson said the stories of women who have been raped during wartime and other atrocities suffered by women “stay with us as women. We get it.” Women leaders from around the world,...
by Megan Neunan | Jan 9, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON – “You need a civics lesson!” How many people over 60 have ever barked that one at you for forgetting a history fact? Jokes about civics-savvy Baby Boomers and AARP-cardholders may have led the day Monday at the Brookings Institution’s discussion of civics...
