by Edward Cruz | Mar 11, 2025 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Political science lecturer emeritus Jeff Rice (Weinberg ’72) was a sophomore at Northwestern at the height of anti-Vietnam War protests. The day after students voted to end a schoolwide strike, he and a group of peers broke into the Naval Reserve Officers...
by Edward Cruz | Feb 19, 2025 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Power outages regularly disrupt school in Arizona’s White Mountain Apache Tribe, leading to spoiled food, limited access to technology and cold classrooms. School administrators sometimes heat buildings with kerosene. In some cases, they must close the...
by Jiah Choe | Feb 13, 2025 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats pressed Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon on her views for President Donald Trump’s education agenda including DEI, school choice and the president’s promise to downsize the Department of Education at her confirmation hearing...
by Jorge Martinez | Jan 30, 2025 | Education, Featured
Harvard University became the final Ivy League school last week to partner with QuestBridge’s National College Match, committing to admit low-income students with full scholarships despite a national push against diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Since 1994,...
by Edward Cruz and Jorge Martinez | Jan 22, 2025 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about the evidence plaintiffs must demonstrate to sue employers over company-sponsored retirement plans. The case, Cunningham v. Cornell University, centers on alleged violations of the Employee Retirement...
by Edward Cruz and Jorge Martinez | Jan 16, 2025 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday banning transgender students from federally funded school and university sports, but its prospects in the Senate appeared dim. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 would amend Title IX...
by Sarah Lin | Dec 10, 2024 | Business, Education, Featured
For its 200 million weekly active users worldwide, ChatGPT is an invention of convenience. In seconds, the tool can offload hours of menial work in coding, writing and studying, just a few of the product’s many applications. But as the company behind ChatGPT, OpenAI,...
by Erica Schmitt | Dec 10, 2024 | Education, Featured
When President-elect Donald Trump nominated Linda McMahon as the Secretary for Education in November, it signified more than a routine staffing decision—it reflected his administration’s broader agenda to reshape America’s public education system. Trump’s...
by Jonas Blum | Dec 4, 2024 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans disagreed on the pressing issues facing U.S. education during a hotly debated hearing on Wednesday held by the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Republicans took aim at the alleged...
by Jonas Blum | Nov 6, 2024 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Center City Public Charter School teacher Alfons Prince designed his own curriculum to prepare middle school students for algebra before they enter high school, an effort to revamp math education as just 22% of District of Columbia Public School...
by Braedyn Speight | Feb 1, 2024 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) announced Thursday that he and other senators are directing the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, to examine the delays surrounding the updates to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid...
by Rachel Schlueter | Jan 5, 2024 | Education, Featured
For 15 years, three large boulders located on the University of Texas at Dallas campus were used to publicize events, display art and present political messages. After Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack of Israel, which killed about 1,200 people, and Israel’s subsequent...
