by Yingjie Gu | Nov 29, 2017 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Mexican artist and feminist Monica Mayer uses art as a tool for social change. Her latest exhibit, The Clothesline Project, encourages women to speak up about experiences of sexual harassment and domestic violence. It opened at the National Museum...
by Jasmine Khayami & Matt Sussis | Oct 17, 2017 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Florida’s governor has declared a state of emergency, the University of Florida has spent half a million dollars in security fees and various left-wing political groups have planned large protests in preparation for a far-right speaker — the latest...
by Eric Englert | Aug 11, 2017 | Education
WASHINGTON – School districts in the United States face special challenges when fracking operations draw new students to their communities and administrators have difficulty planning for resources and funding in cycles of boom and bust, according to a new study...
by Eric Englert | Jul 27, 2017 | Education
WASHINGTON — On some of the nation’s college campuses, a culture of sanitized conversations and sensitivity, reinforced by the polarization in contemporary American society, has caused an uptick in the suppression of free speech, several experts say. Lecturers have...
by Kara Voght | Jul 21, 2017 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — The House has passed one bill, and is likely to pass another, that would provide funding for people to enroll in certificate programs, apprenticeships, bootcamps and other technical education programs. But a new study questions the quality of these...
by Jacob Rogers | Jul 20, 2017 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center was honored this week as one of 10 institutions to receive a 2017 national award for service and education from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Susan Abrams, the Skokie-based...