by James Arkin | Jan 24, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON — Education leaders from all corners of the country Tuesday reviewed ways for schools to improve children’s literacy, with the head of Newark, N.J., public schools saying it’s time to acknowledge that advancements will take hard work and new tools. The...
by Safiya Merchant | Jan 18, 2012 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told the nation’s mayors Wednesday that 11 states have submitted proposals to be exempted from portions of the No Child Left Behind law and he will approve them within weeks. No Child Left Behind, the...
by Megan Neunan | Jan 18, 2012 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that will determine if a parent’s years spent as a U.S. resident can be transferred to an adult child facing deportation to satisfy residency requirements. The consolidated cases of Holder v. Gutierrez...
by Safiya Merchant | Jan 17, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON — A coalition of ministers, mayors and historically black college presidents announced a plan Tuesday aimed at ending hazing at all schools, especially colleges, following the recent hazing death of a Florida college drum major. Florida...
by Safiya Merchant | Jan 11, 2012 | Business, Education
WASHINGTON — Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety released Wednesday a 2012 Roadmap to State Highway Safety Laws, grading each state in the country on implementation of 15 core traffic safety laws. The organization, whose members include companies like Allstate...
by James Arkin | Jan 11, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON – Overwhelming stress and satisfaction with life seem to be emotional contradictions – unless you live in Washington. In a study released Wednesday by the American Psychological Association, higher percentages of D.C. residents reported feeling overwhelmed...
by Safiya Merchant | Jan 11, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON – First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday announced a new collaboration among medical schools across the country to improve veterans’ health care through increased research on military health issues and training so doctors and students better...
by Megan Neunan | Jan 11, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON – At a forum of women world leaders Wednesday, former Irish President Mary Robinson said the stories of women who have been raped during wartime and other atrocities suffered by women “stay with us as women. We get it.” Women leaders from around the world,...
by James Arkin | Jan 10, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON — From students to college presidents to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, people from all corners of the education community flocked to the White House Tuesday to participate in panel discussions on the need for civics in American higher education....
by James Arkin | Jan 9, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON – Ten years after President George W. Bush signed No Child Left Behind into law and more than four years after it was due to be renewed, House Republican leaders have unveiled legislation to overhaul the controversial education law. House Education...
by Rebecca Cohen | Mar 9, 2011 | Education, Politics
In physical terms, the trip Harvard junior Victoria Migdal makes five times a week to train with MIT’s Reserve Officer Training Corps spans a mere two miles. The cultural gap it represents between the military and Migdal’s school—which has not had its own ROTC program...
by Olivia Marcus & Tal Axelrod | Mar 8, 2011 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON—Hollywood celebrity Ben Affleck made his way to Capitol Hill Tuesday to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “The Congo risks heading to another deeper spiral of violence,” said Affleck. “I strongly...
