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...
by Tanner Howard | Feb 4, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON—With an eye toward the 2016 presidential race, potential Republican candidate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence made his case Wednesday for his state’s education system and regulatory environment as a model for the rest of the nation. “We believe our state has been...
by Preston R. Michelson | Feb 3, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — Sen. Lamar Alexander called for the federal government Tuesday to encourage — but not mandate — educational innovation as it updates the “No Child Left Behind” law. “I hope we are not far from a conclusion from moving from hearings and discussions to...
by Ashley Gilmore | Feb 2, 2015 | Education, Politics
By Ashley Gilmore WASHINGTON— The centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s $70.7 billion education budget for 2016 – free community college education – would “make college as free and universal as high school was 100 years ago,” Education Secretary Arne Dunn said...
by Joshua Rosenblat | Jan 28, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — A coalition of Republican lawmakers made clear Wednesday their plans to reform the nation’s education system far surpass an overhaul of traditional public schools. “We’re here today to send a message to Capitol Hill,” Indiana Rep. Luke Messer said...
by Preston R. Michelson | Jan 27, 2015 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Sen. Lamar Alexander on Tuesday called for a system of state evaluation for teachers, instead of the current federal legislation. At the second Senate hearing this year about the “No Child Left Behind” law, Alexander, R-Tenn., the chairman of the Senate...
by Joshua Rosenblat | Jan 27, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON – A South Carolina Republican pushed Tuesday for more school choice, giving more students the option of attending private schools, even as much of Congress’ recent reform efforts focus on restructuring national oversight of public education. Sen. Tim Scott...
by Preston R. Michelson | Jan 21, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — Speaking to the nation’s mayors, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan continued his call for an overhaul of the “No Child Left Behind” law on Wednesday. “We would love to fix it. We think obviously much of it is outdated,” Duncan said at the winter meeting...
by Joshua Rosenblat | Jan 20, 2015 | Education, State of the Union
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama focused on increasing Americans’ access to community college in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, expanding on the conventional view of public universal education as a K-12 process. “We still live in a country...
by Tanner Howard | Jan 20, 2015 | Education, State of the Union
WASHINGTON — Startling new research shows that 51 percent of students in American public schools came from low-income families as of 2013, a growth of nearly 25 percent over the previous 30 years. The numbers, compiled by the Southern Education Foundation, a...
