by Adam Banicki & Xiaolan Tang | Oct 10, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON — Each year, more than 3.25 million public school students nationwide are suspended at least once. But black students are suspended three times as often as white students, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Education Policy Center, a...
by Adam Banicki & Xiaolan Tang | Oct 6, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON — While billed as an attempt at setting a world reading record, Jumpstart’s Read for the Record at the Capitol on Thursday was all about shining the spotlight on the need for pre-K funding The tone of the day was set from the opening remarks about the...
by Lauren Chooljian | Oct 5, 2011 | Education, Topics
WASHINGTON –Teachers across Maryland are asking students to write more. The state’s curriculum had begun to undergo a great deal of change this year as educators try to bring students in line with new core standards. According to Maryland State Department of Education...
by Adam Banicki & Xiaolan Tang | Oct 4, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON — Congress is moving closer to a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that would include pre-K schools. A key Capitol Hill committee is working toward a bipartisan solution that would start building standards before students...
by Shannon Kantner | Oct 4, 2011 | Education, Politics
Some people wonder what it will take for Congress to pass the American Jobs Act. Last week the National Education Association launched a 30-second commercial starring the nation’s children to help urge lawmakers along. The NEA estimates President Obama’s...
by Lauren Chooljian | Oct 3, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON – Meredith Clifford leans against a laboratory desk to inspect a plate filled with mice brain cells. She’s a sixth year doctoral student at Georgetown University, where she studies the development of the cerebral cortex. As she leans closer to the table,...
