by Meghann Myers | May 30, 2012 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Christal Schermeister’s favorite word is spizzerinctum – the will to succeed. Schermeister, 12, from Pembroke Pines, Fla., and Vaidya Govindajaran, 14, from Miami competed Wednesday against 278 other spellers ages 6 through 15...
by Elise D. Brown | May 23, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON — Students visited Congress Tuesday asking for additional funding for schools, which they say could help cafeterias afford to prepare healthier food. On Monday the students competed as finalists in the Cooking Up Change competition, a healthy cooking...
by Elise D. Brown | May 10, 2012 | Education, Politics
Parents and kids learned about the importance of bike safety on the first National Bike to School Day.
by Jean Song | May 7, 2012 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama welcomed the University of Kentucky’s men’s basketball team to the White House on Friday to congratulate the Wildcats on their eighth NCAA title. 2012 NCAA Men’s Basketball Champions visit the White House from...
by Elise D. Brown | Apr 12, 2012 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — The parents of Trayvon Martin, accompanied by the Rev. Al Sharpton, Thursday said they would continue to press for justice, but were heartened by the arrest of George Zimmerman on second-degree murder charges in the killing of the Sanford, Fla.,...
by Adam Banicki & Xiaolan Tang | Dec 6, 2011 | Education, Politics
A primer on what could change in an update of the No Child Left Behind education law, complete with puppets and a group of young scholars from Georgetown. WASHINGTON — When the No Child Left Behind Act was passed in 2001, it instantly became a lightning rod for...
