by Julia Edwards | Dec 6, 2010 | Education
WASHINGTON–Amidst initiatives to teach healthy exercise and eating habits in schools, is the No Child Left Inside Act, which plans to bring more time in the great outdoors into the school day. But unlike the No Child Left Behind Act, the No Child Left Inside Act...
by Julia Edwards | Nov 23, 2010 | Topics
All Medill Washington reporters share a common reference point by which to compare everything they encounter in D.C. It’s a little city called Chicago. You may know it for the mobsters in its past, the corrupt politicians in its prisons or the ice frozen to its...
by Julia Edwards | Nov 23, 2010 | Education
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Careers like barbering could be in danger as for-profit training programs face federal student aid cuts. (Julia Edwards and Kelly...
by Julia Edwards | Nov 22, 2010 | Education
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has plans to overhaul the No Child Left Behind law, citing a narrow focus on school test scores and neglect of individual student growth. But after 10 congressional committee hearings failed to reach a consensus, the fate of...
by Julia Edwards | Nov 9, 2010 | Education
Why He Matters Eduardo Ochoa is second in command to Under Secretary of Postsecondary Education Martha Kanter, and advises her on higher-education policy, including the disbursement of $3 billion annually. Department of Education site(1)Department of Education site...
