by Baylor Spears and Mikayla Denault | Oct 14, 2021 | Education
WASHINGTON — The Albany City Council was early to conversations about the need for widespread federal student loan forgiveness. In August 2009, council members passed a resolution urging the federal government to consider forgiving student loans in order to help...
by Baylor Spears | Oct 6, 2021 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Some buildings in historically Black colleges and universities are in such bad shape that “when it rains outside, many times it rains inside,” the Tennessee State University president told a House subcommittee on Wednesday. Tennessee State University is...
by Yiming Fu | Sep 30, 2021 | Education
WASHINGTON — For years, the NCAA has governed itself. Now, NCAA President Mark Emmert is turning to Congress. Speaking at a House Consumer Protection and Commerce subcommittee hearing Thursday, Emmert called for quick congressional action to standardize...
by Yiming Fu | Sep 30, 2021 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON —- For years, the NCAA has governed itself. Now, NCAA President Mark Emmert is turning to Congress. Speaking at a House Consumer Protection and Commerce subcommittee hearing, Emmert called for quick congressional action Thursday to standardize legislation...
by Baylor Spears | Sep 29, 2021 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — On a sunny Wednesday outside the Capitol, Republican Rep. Bob Good began a news conference about his bill to block federal funds for schools that teach critical race theory by saying Congress must be “diligent” in uncovering and eliminating such teaching...
by Mikayla Denault | Sep 28, 2021 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Health inequities and vaccination strategies were the topics of debate at today’s House Education and Labor joint subcommittee hearing. The witnesses and committee members discussed ways to protect vulnerable communities from COVID-19, such as...
by Benjamin Rosenberg | Mar 19, 2020 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — It was supposed to be a rather ordinary hearing, with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifying to a Senate Appropriations subcommittee about her department’s budget request for the next fiscal year. But in her opening remarks, Sen. Patty Murray of...
by Benjamin Rosenberg | Mar 5, 2020 | Education
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos promoted the Trump administration’s school choice program and criticized America’s “antiquated approach to education” Thursday before a Senate subcommittee while defending her department’s proposed $66.56 billion budget...
by Benjamin Rosenberg | Mar 1, 2020 | Education, Featured
CHARLESTON, South Carolina — During his freshman year at The Citadel, Matthew Miller went to events with the College Republicans — because they were the only political activists on campus. Then he decided to create an alternative option. The Citadel, a military...
by Benjamin Rosenberg | Feb 20, 2020 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposed sweeping changes to school meal regulations, overturning key pieces of former first lady Michelle Obama’s Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, worries public health experts who fear an increase in childhood obesity...
by Gregory Svirnovskiy | Feb 6, 2020 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Several Democrat and Republican members of the House agreed Thursday that current federal child care policies have set families back, hurting children and disproportionately affecting poorer families. At the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood,...
by Benjamin Rosenberg and Gregory Svirnovskiy | Feb 5, 2020 | Education, Featured, SOTU2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will prioritize supporting working families by mandating paid leave and lowering barriers to education. Members of Congress from both parties said they agree with the sentiments, but disagree on how to implement the...
