by Natalie Escobar | Mar 20, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON— A half-century after passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act and in the wake of federal reforms in public education, test scores for black and white students’ scores do not look much different than those in the 1960s. In 1966, a government-commissioned...
by Natalie Escobar | Mar 17, 2016 | Topics
WASHINGTON — It’s 12:01 a.m. on day 181 after receiving an email from a friend. For the past six months, the government would have needed a search warrant to read the contents of this email. Now it’s fair game. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986...
by Natalie Escobar | Mar 15, 2016 | Politics
[rev_slider alias=”puertorico”][/rev_slider] WASHINGTON — Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the Broadway hit “Hamilton,” and several New York members of Congress offered a proposal Tuesday to fix a quirk in federal law that bars Puerto Rico from...
by Natalie Escobar | Mar 9, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON–The Apple v. FBI debate has been framed as a battle between the government and Silicon Valley, but other tech companies have shied away from taking a strong stand in support of the pioneering tech giant, cybersecurity experts said at a conference on...
by Natalie Escobar | Mar 1, 2016 | Politics, Topics
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton greets a screaming audience at a Monday night rally at Lake Taylor High School in Norfolk, Va. Gov. Terry McAuliffe, [left] who has endorsed Clinton, introduced her before she took the stage. (Natalie Escobar/Medill News Service)...
by Natalie Escobar | Feb 24, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON–Acting Education Secretary John King stopped by Capitol Hill on Wednesday to make a case for more money for a slew of new education initiatives, but House Republicans said that the department’s proposals will only drain existing cash-strapped...
by Natalie Escobar | Feb 23, 2016 | Education
Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., greets witnesses before hearing begins. WASHINGTON–Although Congress overturned the No Child Left Behind Act’s unpopular standardized tests, education leaders warned senators Tuesday that the new law will flop unless states are...
by Natalie Escobar | Feb 17, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON–Preschool sandboxes have become battlegrounds for political debates about innovative education policies and how to pay for them. The Obama administration and individual states are busy devising strategies based on research, but experts caution...
by Natalie Escobar | Feb 10, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON– When the No Child Left Behind Act was rewritten by Congress last December and passed with bipartisan support, few politicians were sad to see the Bush administration education reform law go. However, House Democrats on the Education Committee’s K-12...
by Natalie Escobar | Feb 3, 2016 | Living
WASHINGTON- Tighter restrictions for access to federal food assistance programs will jeopardize the health of low-income people who struggle to get healthy food, witnesses at a House subcommittee hearing said Tuesday. Representatives of nonprofit groups receiving...
by Natalie Escobar | Jan 27, 2016 | National Security
WASHINGTON—Democratic countries’ inability to deal with the fallout from the Syrian civil war, including the “unprecedented numbers” of refugees and rise of terrorist groups like the Islamic State, has contributed to a decade-long decline in global freedom, according...
by Natalie Escobar | Jan 19, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON — Heated opposition to Common Core standards has united some left and right-leaning groups but has not led to the creation of viable education policy alternatives, a New America report released on Tuesday says. As opponents have tied objections to the...
