by Sabrina Rodriguez | Feb 3, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON- A Democratic House leader knocked the idea that school choice programs benefit low-income students, calling them a false choice for families. “These programs are not serving the population that they were created to support,” said Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va.,...
by Sabrina Rodriguez | Feb 2, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON — Acting Education Secretary John King Jr. said the agency has addressed ehtical missteps by its top technology official, including the use of agency employees for personal work and failing to disclose outside income, while also working to correct...
by Tyler Kendall | Jan 27, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON — Four rare children’s books were unveiled as digitized editions on a new storytelling app at the Library of Congress on Wednesday. Children from the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center experienced the tales for the first time on Cricket Media’s Story...
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...
by Sabrina Rodriguez | Jan 19, 2016 | Education, Topics
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Tuesday proposed a $2 billion a year expansion of federal Pell grants to pay for year-round student awards and bonuses for students staying on track to graduate on time. “We believe now that Pell grant has stabilized; these...
by Natalie Escobar, Sabrina Rodriguez and Tyler Kendall | Jan 11, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON — Lawyers representing a group of California teachers argued before the Supreme Court Monday that forcing non-union members to pay “fair-share fees” infringes on First Amendment rights. The high court heard oral arguments for the case Friedrichs v....
by Tyler Kendall | Jan 11, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON- Demonstrators rallied outside the Supreme Court on Monday morning ahead of the hearing of Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. The case challenges the requirement that teachers, including non-union members, are required to pay agency fees to...
by Paige Leskin | Mar 19, 2015 | Education
By Paige Leskin WASHINGTON — Nearly two years have passed with no resolution of a complaint 22-year-old Olivia Ortiz filed with the Department of Education about how the University of Chicago handled her sexual assault report. When Ortiz reported her assault to...
by Tanner Howard | Mar 19, 2015 | Education
After her first semester at the University of Nevada-Reno, 20-year-old English major Mariah Birnbaum hit a wall: she couldn’t afford her tuition. Despite being an A student in high school and with parents earning almost $100,000 per year, her costs mounted,...
by Joshua Rosenblat | Mar 18, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON – The Education Department has a math problem. Experts from Republican and Democratic administrations agreed Wednesday with a report detailing policies to more effectively distribute federal education funding through stronger use of statistics. All that’s...
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 Joshua Rosenblat | Mar 17, 2015 | Education
“Welcome to the pride of the city, Peoria High School,” the answering machine message in Principal Brett Elliott’s office says. It’s not only a play on the school’s nickname, the Lions, but a constant reminder to Elliott of where the school has been, where it is now...
