by Simone Del Rosario | Aug 7, 2012 | Education, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — The population of Americans younger than 18 has grown in the last decade, but federal spending on children declined in 2011 for the first time since the early 1980s. The situation in Texas is even more severe, according to research and advocacy groups...
by Amina Ismail & Xiaolan Tang | Jul 24, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON — The Latin American Career Academy will open its doors on Sept. 10 in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of the nation’s capital. The school will serve students who may have been left behind in the rapid gentrification of the neighborhood in the...
by Amina Ismail & Xiaolan Tang | Jul 19, 2012 | Education, Sports
This week some of the biggest local stars in D.C. competed at the Washington Kastles’ Capitol Classic. Team Stars and Team Stripes were filled with players such as NFL Hall of Famer Darrell Green, City Council member Yvette Alexander and plenty of members of...
by Gino Vicci | Jul 16, 2012 | Education, Topics
With student loan debt reaching one trillion dollars in the U.S, Congressman Hanson Clarke (D-Mich.) has put forth a bill to help avoid what he calls “a financial crisis.” The online petition site signon.org has gathered more than one million signatures in...
by Simone Del Rosario | Jul 5, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON — James C. Enochs High School marching band performs in the National Independence Day Parade on July 4. The students’ main concern? Making their hometown proud.
by Amina Ismail & Xiaolan Tang | Jul 5, 2012 | Education
Vice President Joe Biden spoke to more than 9,000 educators gathered in Washington for the National Education Association’s annual meeting this week. The room was filled with teachers and administrators from public schools around the country. Biden scolded...
