by Katie Banks | Sep 30, 2011 | Education, Environment
The U.S. Dept. of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011: Parsons the New School for Design and Stevens Institute of Technology’s team built the cheapest house in this year’s decathlon. Spending $229,890 on its high-efficiency, solar-powered home, the team tied with Purdue...
by Katie Banks | Sep 29, 2011 | Education, Environment, Topics
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is a competition that challenges collegiate teams to design affordable, solar-powered houses. Medill’s Katie Banks visited the temporary exhibit in Washington’s West Potomac Park to learn how these student architects are...
by Adam Banicki & Xiaolan Tang | Sep 28, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON — It is “highly likely” that Gov. Jerry Brown will sign the bill for the California Dream Act Part II before the Oct. 9 deadline, according to California Assemblyman V. Manuel Perez. Perez, who is co-author of the bill, said on Wednesday that he...
by Katie Banks | Sep 26, 2011 | Education
Medill News Service’s education reporter, Katie Banks, shares the Twitter buzz from today’s Education Nation Summit in New York City. For general information about the summit, visit the official website here: http://www.educationnation.com/ See below for...
by Katie Spencer | Sep 19, 2011 | Education, Politics
Boys Nation and Girls Nation offer high school students from around the country a chance to come to Washington for a week to learn more about how our government works. The delegation from North Dakota talks about why they think getting involved in politics at an early...
