by Grace Deng | Jan 13, 2022 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Community colleges have taken the biggest hit to enrollment over the course of the pandemic with more than 700,000 fewer students registering, according to new data released on Thursday from the National Student Clearinghouse. “How do you build a...
by Mikayla Denault | Dec 1, 2021 | Education
ARLINGTON, Va. — Students usually worry about schoolwork and tests, but the looming threat of climate change adds additional stress to children’s futures. “We need to educate, we need to step up and we need to really ensure that our planet is protected and we’re...
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 Jonathan Palmer | Mar 18, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — Key child care legislation has passed the Senate, but still must win approval in the U.S. House. If the bill makes it to President Barack Obama’s desk, it will mark a significant step in efforts to improve early childhood education and child care...
by Jeanne Kuang | Mar 14, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – The skyrocketing cost of higher education is front and center with most parents and prospective college students, but a more arcane issue, the integrity of the accreditation process, is also presenting challenges for policymakers. Accreditation is the...
