Betsy DeVos addresses HBCU board of advisors on funding for colleges amid COVID-19

by India Walton | Sep 23, 2020 | Education, Topics

WASHINGTON – Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Wednesday that the Trump Administration is dedicated to providing funds to Historically Black Colleges and Universities amid the coronavirus pandemic. “The success of all students is a priority for this administration,...

In Chicago, debate around police-free schools rages on

by Megan Sauer | Aug 29, 2020 | Education, Featured, Topics

Black Lives Matter activists have pushed to cut police funding, but they also are protesting the presence of police in schools. However, some experts and a school shooting survivor said this week that the officers are important in keeping schools safe. Following the...

As Frederick County public schools go remote, teachers work to support students facing homelessness

by Anabel Mendoza | Aug 25, 2020 | Education, Featured

As Frederick County public schools begin remote learning amid concerns about COVID-19, homeless and other vulnerable students face a heightened set of challenges. Late last month, the Board of Education announced that the county’s public schools will move to a full...

District gears up to help students cope with COVID-19

by Megan Sauer | Aug 19, 2020 | Coronavirus, Education, Featured

The City School District of Albany relies on grants, partnerships and parents’ personal health care to maintain their school-based health centers in three of their middle schools — but Superintendent Kaweeda Adams anticipates an increase in demand while their K-12...

Italy will reopen schools next month, but first it needs 3 million new desks

by Silvia Martelli | Aug 17, 2020 | Coronavirus, Education, Featured

Italian schools are set to reopen on Sept. 14, but only if 2.6 million single-seat desks are built within the next month to allow the social distancing that the traditional two-person desks in classrooms make impossible. Reopening schools is seen as a crucial step...

Does the CARES Act Present a Funding Threat to Higher Education?

by Amy Sokolow, Danyella Wilder and Yun Hao | Aug 5, 2020 | Education, Featured

? For-profit colleges accounted for 71 of the 100 schools that received the most emergency grant funding per student from the CARES Act, as shown by an analysis of Education Department data by students at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University....