by Stavros Agorakis, Mila Jasper & Anna Laffrey | Mar 20, 2018 | Education, Featured
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....
by Rachel Frazin & Kristina Karisch | Mar 15, 2018 | Education, Featured
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,...
by Rhytha Zahid Hejaze | Mar 14, 2018 | Education
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...
by Stavros Agorakis & Mila Jasper | Mar 14, 2018 | Education, Featured
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...
by Catherine Kim & Erica Snow | Mar 14, 2018 | Education, Featured
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...
by Libby Berry & Maggie Harden | Mar 14, 2018 | Education
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...
by Rachel Frazin | Mar 13, 2018 | Education, Featured, Politics
Since 26 students and teachers were murdered and two injured by a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., there have been 10 more fatal shootings at American elementary, middle, and high schools. In all, 57 people were killed, excluding the shooters....
by Rachel Frazin | Feb 28, 2018 | Education
WASHINGTON – National Education Association president Lily Eskelsen García was recently called by a teacher in Colorado whose kindergarten class was confused as to why one boy brought a suitcase to class. Amie Baca-Oehlert, the teacher, wanted to know how...
by Stavros Agorakis | Feb 28, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has made it clear she is intent on restructuring or repealing Obama administration regulations. Front and center is a rule that requires colleges to show that their graduates earn enough money to repay their loans — an...
by Caroline Vakil | Feb 27, 2018 | Education, Featured, Living, Topics
WASHINGTON — Regina Montoya, a senior at California State University, Sacramento, is managing a busy schedule this semester: two internships and a full course load. But she used to face a very different challenge: when the dorms were closed, she was homeless....
by Rachel Frazin | Feb 21, 2018 | Education
When Amirius Clinton saw white nationalist flyers at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb last fall, he said he was scared. The signs posted around the campus an hour west of Chicago had simple messages: One just featured the name of the group – Identity Evropa...
by Syd Stone | Feb 21, 2018 | Education
WASHINGTON — Elementary and high school curricula must include civics education now more than ever, former Florida governor Bob Graham said referencing statistics proving historically low political engagement among young people. “This is a critically important issue,”...
