by Joshua Rosenblat | Jan 7, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — Gathered with constituents, Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Joe Donnelly reintroduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday that would change a provision in the Affordable Care Act that they say hampers higher education. The Forty Hours Is Full Time Act aims...
by Jonathan Palmer | Mar 18, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — Key child care legislation has passed the Senate, but still must win approval in the U.S. House. If the bill makes it to President Barack Obama’s desk, it will mark a significant step in efforts to improve early childhood education and child care...
by Jeanne Kuang | Mar 18, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – Pushed by the Obama administration, the Federal Communications Commission and private groups are working together to bring speedier Internet access to public schools across the country. In June 2013, President Barack Obama announced his ConnectED...
by Stephanie Haines | Mar 18, 2014 | Education, National Security
WASHINGTON — A year after the Defense Department cuts mandated by the sequester, many professional military educators and their students worry that the military colleges across the country won’t be spared in the across-the-board cuts, creating an environment of job...
by Jessica Floum | Mar 18, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — Mike King can’t come to terms with the fact that his Social Security number was stolen. The University of Maryland senior first heard about the data breach when he received a tip for The Diamondback, the student newspaper where he’s the...
by Jeanne Kuang | Mar 14, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – The skyrocketing cost of higher education is front and center with most parents and prospective college students, but a more arcane issue, the integrity of the accreditation process, is also presenting challenges for policymakers. Accreditation is the...
by Jonathan Palmer | Mar 12, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON- Legislation aimed at expanding federal funding for programs that allow low-income students to leave failing schools awaits action on Capitol Hill. But hopes for passage this year are fading with the midterm election looming in November. Two bills, the...
by Jeanne Kuang | Mar 12, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — The Education Department isn’t doing a great job helping students who are trying to clear their student loan defaults, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Wednesday. A borrower who defaults on his or her student loans has...
by Jeanne Kuang | Mar 10, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – The Department of Education will work with 14 American cities in a partnership to improve early childhood education, after-school programs and postsecondary opportunities, Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Monday. The partnership agreement, signed...
by Ellen Garrison | Mar 10, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Monday asked schools to teach young Americans about financial literacy, saying too many Millennials don’t know how to make good financial decisions. At a public meeting of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial...
by Jonathan Palmer | Mar 5, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON— States are making progress in improving academic standards, student outcomes and teacher effectiveness, but are still moving too slowing, according to national studies on state education policy. Education Week magazine, the National Council on Teacher...
by Jeanne Kuang | Mar 4, 2014 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Speaking at a District of Columbia elementary school, President Barack Obama Tuesday proposed a $68.6 billion education budget that would devote significant new funds to universal preschool access and other programs aimed at educational equity for...
