Highway safety organization releases grades for states on traffic law safety

by Safiya Merchant | Jan 11, 2012 | Business, Education

WASHINGTON — Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety released Wednesday a 2012 Roadmap to State Highway Safety Laws, grading each state in the country on implementation of 15 core traffic safety laws. The organization, whose members include companies like Allstate...

D.C. residents stressed more than national average, report finds

by James Arkin | Jan 11, 2012 | Education

WASHINGTON – Overwhelming stress and satisfaction with  life seem to be emotional contradictions – unless you live in Washington. In a study released Wednesday by the American Psychological Association, higher percentages of D.C. residents reported feeling overwhelmed...

First lady heads new initiative merging universities with veteran health care

by Safiya Merchant | Jan 11, 2012 | Education

WASHINGTON – First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday announced a new collaboration among medical schools across the country to improve veterans’ health care through increased research on military health issues and training so doctors and students better...

Listen and repeat: women world leaders discuss how they progress human rights issues

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,...

Duncan, education officials push civic education at White House conference

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....