by Jingnan Huo | May 16, 2017 | Education
by Jingnan Huo WASHINGTON-Lexington eighth-grader Evan Winkler said Monday that representing Kentucky in the National Geographic Bee was a “blessing” even though he didn’t advance to the final round. Winkler, 14, a student at Morton Middle School, was one of 54...
by Jasmine Minor | Feb 22, 2017 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Students come from around the world to participate in the 2017 Future City competition. The competition challenges 6th to 8th graders to build models of futuristic cities using STEM research. One team from Minnesota made nationals for the first...
by David Jordan | Jan 18, 2017 | Education
WASHINGTON — George Washington University inaugurated a program that will expand Korean language and cultural studies at the institution on Thursday, part of an expanded program funded by the South Korean government, officials said. The university established a...
by Hannah Gebresilassie | Aug 22, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON – A Mali native visited the nation’s capital on a mission to help African children through the Young African Leaders Initiative(YALI) program started by President Barack Obama. “If I had given up, I would not be in (the) U.S. today,” said...
by Xuanyan (Iris) Ouyang | Aug 22, 2016 | Education, Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON – The number of universities offering cybersecurity education has soared to more than 200 with support from both the federal government and private industry. But getting students interested in the field and retaining faculty tempted by higher-paying...
by Shanshan Wang | Aug 19, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON – Paul Kelly thought the only way he could afford college was to enlist the Marines and then use the GI Bill to go to college later. Instead he is heading to Radford University in Virginia this month. The 18-year-old, whose father died in Iraq in 2007 while...
