by Medill News Service | Nov 3, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON – First lady Michelle Obama honored arts and humanities after-school programs from across the country at a White House ceremony on Wednesday, presenting, awards to students and administrators from 12 groups. Some of the students then took the stage to...
by Adam Banicki & Xiaolan Tang | Nov 2, 2011 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Issuing a call for Congress to involve itself in monitoring college sports, Democratic Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush said the NCAA “would make the mob look like choirboys.” “I have this innate understanding of the NCAA, and I think it is one of the most...
by Lauren Chooljian | Nov 2, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON — Despite Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s consistent calls for increased teacher salaries, a new study says that most public school teachers aren’t actually being underpaid. The new research from The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise...
by Medill News Service | Oct 31, 2011 | Business & Tech, Education, Topics
At a time when schools are cutting budgets and laying off teachers, one might think that stocking classrooms with the newest technology is at the bottom of the priority list. But, across the country, that’s exactly what’s happening. According to US News...
by Adam Banicki & Xiaolan Tang | Oct 31, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON — College athletes are demanding more compensation from the NCAA, which has seen paychecks rise thanks to lucrative TV deals — and now Congress will probe how the NCAA is handling itself. The NCAA is entering a financial stratosphere it has never seen...
by Lauren Chooljian | Oct 26, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama announced plans Wednesday to reduce federal loan payments for some college students – a program the White House says could help more than 50,000 Arkansans. “When a big chunk of every paycheck goes towards student loans instead of...
