by Jasmine Cen | May 4, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama celebrated the Teachers of the Year event with educators at the White House. Dana McDonough of Newburgh is New York State Teacher of the Year. She shared her thoughts about challenges in the state during an interview. The 2016...
by Meggie Morris | Apr 28, 2016 | Education
WASHINTON–Legendary jazz musician Herbie Hancock thinks American classrooms need a new soundtrack — one that mixes hip-hop and jazz with Pythagoras’ Theorem and exponential functions. Teachers should be taking advantage of teenagers’ preoccupation with...
by Haydee Clotter | Apr 25, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON– Since 2013 Playworks, a non-profit, anti-bullying group, has been trying to change the way students solve conflicts in schools. In the nation’s capital, the organization Is using Rock Paper Scissors, the playground game, as a mediation tool....
by Yunfei Zhao | Apr 14, 2016 | Education, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — The Vice President’s wife attended an education conference and pleaded with researchers to seek educational solutions for children from military-based families. Published in conjunction with
by Carmen Lopez and Yimian Wu | Nov 4, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON – The ornate World Bank headquarters looked very different this week – crowded with arts and crafts being sold to help 34 women from developing countries go to graduate school to study gender equality issues. The women, who enroll in graduate schools around...
by Carmen Lopez | Oct 13, 2015 | Education
Chasity Hale of the Miami Arts Charter School has been named one of the nation’s poetry ambassadors. On Thursday, first lady Michelle Obama greeted Chasity and four other students and their families in an event at the White House. The National Poets Program,...
