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...
by Katie Banks | Dec 5, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON – Do you know where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired? Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann sure didn’t. Earlier this year, Rep. Bachmann had an “oops” moment when she confused Concord, N.H., for Concord, Mass., while talking...
by Sara J. Martinez | Dec 5, 2011 | Education, National Security
How entertainment technology is helping service members and veterans through training, deployment and rehabilitation WASHINGTON — For one soldier, something as simple as rolling the dice in a game of Risk made the difference between a good and a bad day during...
by Matt Mansfield | Dec 2, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON – The first standardized sex education and health test in the nation will be rolled out next spring in Washington, a city struggling with an unusually high teenage pregnancy rate. It’s an attempt by lawmakers and school officials to find out what their 5th,...
by Matt Mansfield | Nov 30, 2011 | Education, Politics, Topics
2011 College Grads Moving Home In Record Numbers, Saddled With Historic Levels Of Student Loan Debt NEW YORK — While one’s college graduation is normally a time of jubilation, Megan Muller can more than relate to the sense of defeat tha…...
by Matt Mansfield | Nov 30, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON — The sexual abuse allegations at Penn State and Syracuse Universities have caught the attention of Congress, but changing a few reporting laws might not have been enough to alter the alleged crimes of Jerry Sandusky or Bernie Fine. A Senate committee has...
