by Hannah Gebresilassie | Jul 11, 2016 | Education, Topics
WASHINGTON — Jeremy Dudley, a.k.a. Origin, drew several enthusiastic educators to the stage when he performed rap songs at the 2016 People’s March for Public Education & Social Justice on Friday. He uses his rap lyrics to send positive messages to students...
by Hannah Gebresilassie | Jul 11, 2016 | Education, Topics
WASHINGTON – “Philando Castile knew the names of every one of the 500 children he served breakfast and lunch to everyday.” These were the first words that came from educator Jesse Hagopian during his speech at the 2016 Save Our Schools People’s March for Public...
by Shanshan Wang | Jul 5, 2016 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton addressed thousands of members of the country’s largest teachers’ union Tuesday, promising to push for better pay for educators, less standardized testing and more resources for teaching computer science in public schools. Speaking...
by Shanshan Wang | Jun 28, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON — Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work faced questions, including some tough ones, from high school students at a national training seminar for children from military families. The average child in a military family will move six to nine times...
by Brooke Rayford | Jun 1, 2016 | Education, Topics
Ella Peters, the only San Diego, CA representer in the Scripps National Spelling Bee can finally take a deep breath. After only three years of spelling competitions, she should be pretty proud of making it past the two spelling rounds of the bee. Ella is eligble to...
by Benji Cohen | Jun 1, 2016 | Education
Maryland — Zander Reed, an eighth grader from Ames, Iowa, competed in his fourth Scipps National Spelling Bee. He is the only speller in this year’s competition to participate four years in a row.
