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...
by Astrid Goh & Tara Longardner | Mar 7, 2011 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Walking into a classroom filled with students laughing and learning, it’s hard to imagine this charter school will close in just a few months. Places like this are supposed to be the centerpiece of the president’s plan to reshape education in...
by Astrid Goh & Tara Longardner | Mar 7, 2011 | Education, Politics
The Inspired Teaching School isn’t your typical charter school. It doesn’t offer a groundbreaking educational experience and its founders don’t necessarily believe charter schools are the answer to improving education. “We are a charter [school] because it’s a...
by Astrid Goh & Tara Longardner | Mar 1, 2011 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Tuesday defended the administration’s plan to increase spending on education by 11 percent in its budget proposal for next year. But he was pressed hard by Republicans, who say that the country does not have...
by Rebecca Cohen | Feb 23, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON–Education Secretary Arne Duncan pitched the administration’s 2012 education budget request to a roomful of mayors from around the nation Wednesday, emphasizing how increased funding for early childhood and adult education will address the concerns of...
by Astrid Goh & Tara Longardner | Feb 2, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON –Educators met Wednesday to discuss how U.S. private colleges and universities can help meet President Barack Obama’s goal of once again becoming the world’s leader in the number of college graduates by 2020. “We need far more college graduates than...
by Rebecca Cohen | Feb 2, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan decried the “false choice” between career readiness and college readiness Wednesday in response to a Harvard University study that suggests high schools should steer many students toward occupational education...
by Astrid Goh & Tara Longardner | Jan 18, 2011 | Education
Educators debated Tuesday whether children with disabilities do better when they are mainstreamed into the general school population or placed in special classes with individual support. Alexa Posny, Assistant U.S. Education Secretary, said while children who receive...
