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Cardona addresses inequities in education exacerbated by COVID

Cardona addresses inequities in education exacerbated by COVID

by Grace Deng | Jan 27, 2022 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Thursday made the case for a “reset in education” strategies to address COVID-19-related stressors that have overwhelmed most students and teachers, but disproportionately impacted those already marginalized. “To my...
Racial disparities in education remain, but some schools bucking trend

Racial disparities in education remain, but some schools bucking trend

by James Arkin | Mar 14, 2012 | Education

WASHINGTON – Maryland teacher Damian DiCamillo was surprised when he first saw the government’s new report on the opportunity gap in public education – not by his school’s impressive achievement numbers but by the reaction they received.  Seventy-two percent of...

Obama calls states to action to solve dropout problem

by Safiya Merchant | Mar 6, 2012 | Education, Politics

WASHINGTON — During his junior year in high school, Manny Galvez dropped out in order to get a job and help his sick mother pay the rent. Galvez also wanted to avoid the final presentation required of each student at the end of the semester. “I wasn’t good at...

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