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...
by Suzy Vazquez | Jan 14, 2020 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON –Despite concern from Republicans that a bill would force religious organizations to make employment decisions that conflict with their faith, the House Education and Labor Committee on Tuesday approved the measure prohibiting discrimination against...
by Nirmal Mulaikal | Mar 21, 2019 | Education, Featured
BALTIMORE, Md. — Public school principal Rachel Brunson has seen every infrastructure problem that a large urban school can have. But only one stumped her — the “dirt room.” “It’s just nothing but dirt,” said Brunson. A Baltimore native, Brunson has been principal for...
by Nirmal Mulaikal and Samantha Handler | Mar 21, 2019 | Education, Featured
BALTIMORE — Disparities in funding for education infrastructure are evident in Maryland. In Frederick, the school district was able to raise money through state and local funds to build a new $114 million high school. But 50 miles away, Dr. Martin Luther King...
by Nirmal Mulaikal | Mar 13, 2019 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — The head of the House Education and Labor Committee called for “bold higher education reforms” Wednesday to solve the $1.5 trillion owed in student loans, as part of an effort to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. “If we only tinker around the edges...
by Henry Erlandson and Cameron Peters | Mar 12, 2019 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Students across the country designed cities that will meet the rising threat of natural disasters while maintaining innovative solutions in transportation, waste management and electrical power. The designs were developed for the annual Future City...
by Nirmal Mulaikal | Mar 12, 2019 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — House Democrats Tuesday called on Republicans to join them in supporting child nutrition programs from President Donald Trump’s 2020 budget proposal that would cut $1.7 billion in funding. Trump’s budget plan, announced Monday, would leave 1.3 million...
