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 Joshua Rosenblat | Feb 25, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — When it comes to higher education, the system that oversees it is a tangled, bureaucratic mess, according to a new report released Tuesday. “America’s 6,000 colleges and universities live in a jungle of red tape that is expensive and confusing and...
by Tanner Howard | Feb 18, 2015 | Education
By Tanner Howard WASHINGTON – The number of students in afterschool programs has increased to more than 10 million in the past 10 years. But a proposal to change how federal afterschool funding is allocated could jeopardize some of those programs and make it more...
by Joshua Rosenblat | Feb 18, 2015 | Education
By Josh Rosenblat WASHINGTON — Progressive education and civil rights leaders reaffirmed their opposition to recent GOP-sponsored bills to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind act, citing educational equality as the most important aspect of any new law. In a...
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 Tanner Howard | Feb 11, 2015 | Education
By Tanner Howard WASHINGTON – Hoping to replace the No Child Left Behind law, House Republicans advanced legislation out of committee Wednesday reining in the federal government’s role in education as members once again sought to write legislation replacing the 2001...
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 Joshua Rosenblat | Feb 10, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s proposed college rating system would set access, cost and results as key metrics, a top Education Department official said Tuesday, drawing immediate criticism from community college leaders. Department of Education Under...
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 Joshua Rosenblat | Feb 4, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — Leaders of the nation’s Historically Black Colleges reviewed Wednesday ways to improve that sector of higher education, even while facing falling enrollment numbers. Over the past ten years, state laws and universities raised entrance...
