by Amina Ismail & Xiaolan Tang | Jul 2, 2012 | Education
The country’s first African-American Marines were honored in at the U.S. Capitol last week with the Congressional Gold Medal. The onor is the highest for any civilian. More than 400 of the men lived to see the day, telling heartfelt stories of dealing with...
by Simone Del Rosario | Jun 28, 2012 | Education
University of Hawaii and the Morrill Act from Medill Washington on Vimeo. WASHINGTON — It’s the 150th anniversary celebration for the Morrill Act in Washington this week – an act that paved the way for land-grant institutions and agriculture studies....
by Simone Del Rosario | Jun 27, 2012 | Business & Tech, Education
WASHINGTON, D.C — Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack said parents are able to tell their children there is real opportunity in the small towns they live in because of land-grant universities like Iowa State University. Vilsack, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, spoke...
by Simone Del Rosario | Jun 27, 2012 | Education
College affordability Q&A with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
by Medill News Service | Jun 6, 2012 | Education, Topics
WASHINGTON — From Sacramento, Calif., to Charlotte, N.C., spellers from across the country vied for first place at the annual Scripps Spelling Bee.
by Meghann Myers | May 31, 2012 | Education
Christal Schermeister, 12, of Pembroke Pines, Fla. stumbles over “Calo” — a language spoken by Spanish and Portuguese Romani — in the Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals Thursday in National Harbor, Md. Meghann Myers/Medill Vaidya...
