DEVOS BACKS SCHOOL CHOICE, POINTS TO D.C. PROGRAM AS SUCCESS STORY
WASHINGTON – In honor of National School Choice Week, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Wednesday that school choice programs allowing parents to choose which school their children will attend are the future of education. At an event sponsored by the conservative...
FCC explores how to close the ‘Homework Gap’
WASHINGTON – Last fall when Debbie Goldman was outside the Chevy Chase Community Center in Northwest Washington distributing literature on Election Day, she saw a family run to the library across the street. It was 5:15 p.m. The library was closed. The mother told...
Education Department considers changes to college accrediting rules
WASHINGTON — The Department of Education on Tuesday outlined proposed changes to Obama-era regulations on the college accreditation process, which controls billions of dollars in federal student aid. Accrediting agencies monitor nonprofit and for-profit...
Georgia FINALIST FOR NATIONAL SUPERINTENDENT AWARD ADDRESSes GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON – Speaking at the National Press Club, Bibb County School Superintendent Curtis Jones Jr. said Thursday that the nearly three-week partial federal government shutdown is affecting local communities and makes it harder to teach children in those...Betsy DeVos sidesteps questions on arming schoolteachers
WASHINGTON –– Education Secretary Betsy DeVos sidstepped questions on whether she would fund President Donald Trump’s proposal to train and arm teachers as a way to stop school shottings, saying it’s up to Congress to decide. She also didn’t address whether arming...
How Florida schools adopted Puerto Rican students after the hurricane
TAMPA, Fla. — Adriana Figueroa planned to move to the U.S. mainland from Puerto Rico for college, but Hurricane Maria moved up her plans. She’s now finishing high school in the Tampa area – one of at least 13,000 Puerto Rican students who relocated after the storm....
Senators debate solutions to prevent gun violence in schools
WASHINGTON — One month after a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland left 17 dead and more injured, Florida’s senators presented the Senate Judiciary Committee with opposing solutions for gun violence in school. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat,...Students walk out of schools, protest gun violence at White House and Capitol
WASHINGTON – Thousands of students from around the country skipped school to demand the Congress and the president do something to reduce gun violence, protesting in front of the White House and the Capitol as part of a national student walkout on the one-month...
Through Defiance or Compromise, Students Find a Way to Walk Out for Gun Control
SOUTH RIDING, Va. — Noon time at Freedom High School usually means the beginning of lunch in the cafeteria. But at the lunch bell Wednesday, dozens of students spilled out onto the track instead, walking silently for 17 minutes in the bitter cold to commemorate the...
Students walked out of class nationwide. Here are some who stayed behind
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –– As thousands of University of Virginia students walked out their classes on Wednesday to protest gun violence, especially in schools, Lecturer Jim Todd invited students to “please feel free” to get up and leave if they wanted to support the...What students at schools affected by gun violence are doing on #Enough day
After 17 people were shot to death at a Parkland, Florida high school last month, students and gun control advocates decided to organize a nationwide school walkout . The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was the 11th fatal school shooting since Sandy...Medill Today – March 4, 2025
