by Brina Monterroza | Apr 25, 2013 | Education
WASHINGTON — The Department of Education honored 63 schools nationwide Monday with a Green Ribbon Schools awards for reducing environmental impact, improving students’ health and providing environmental education. “What we’re trying to do is shine a spotlight on...
by Mary Lee & Anderson Xia | Apr 16, 2013 | Business & Tech, Education
WASHINGTON — Congress needs to act to keep interest rates on federally subsidized student loans from doubling this summer, the chairman of the Senate education committee said Tuesday. Undergraduate students face a sunset date this summer on their lower interest rate....
by TIFFANY CHINN | Dec 4, 2012 | Education, Politics, Science + Technology
Washington advocates at Generations United released a report on child hunger at a press conference Tuesday. Their findings were that 1 in 5 children in the U.S. are at risk for hunger. It was also in the report that 74 percent of Americans who receive...
by TIFFANY CHINN | Nov 20, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON – Nearly 20 percent of degree-granting U.S. colleges and universities are making it optional to submit the ACT and SAT entrance exams as part of the admissions process. The standardized tests, long loathed by high school students and prized by top tier...
by Benjamin Bowman | Oct 10, 2012 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON– The Supreme Court’s review of Affirmative Action Wednesday may signal the cooling of a decades long hot button issue. Oral arguments will determine whether colleges and universities can use race as a factor in making future admissions...
by TIFFANY CHINN | Oct 9, 2012 | Education
School is back to normal for Winston Churchill High School students after staff parents and volunteer students collaborated Thursday and Friday to stage a fatal car accident in front of the school. The events at the Potomac, Md. school were connected to the “Every...
