by Jeanne Kuang | Feb 4, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON – If President Barack Obama’s recently announced Promise Zones initiative succeeds, five poverty-stricken neighborhoods across the country — urban and rural — will soon receive resources and volunteers to act on their plans for revitalization....
by Jonathan Palmer | Jan 22, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – Increased access to early childhood education, improved workforce readiness and closing the socioeconomic achievement gap in education are top goals for 2014, a group of mayors from across the nation said Wednesday. At the winter meeting of the U.S....