by Tatiana Kouskoulas | Aug 11, 2011 | Education, National Security, Politics
The support group Project Common Bond brings together children of 9/11 victims with other teens across the world who have lost family to acts of terrorism.
by Matt Mansfield | Aug 10, 2011 | Education
The Education Department launched a new initiative called “Let’s Read/Let’s Move” that’s aimed at a younger children. Taking a cue from first lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign to curb childhood obesity,...
by Gabrielle Levy | Aug 2, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON—The deal to raise the debt ceiling includes a $17 billion increase in spending for so-called Pell grants, scholarships for low-income college students, and it would protect the program from cuts until 2013. But the agreement would eliminate federally...
by Gabrielle Levy | Aug 2, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON— The results of a major national education assessment released earlier this month are often misinterpreted in ways that may add to the academic disadvantages of students whose first language is not English. The recent release of the biannual National...
by Garin Flowers | Aug 2, 2011 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder teamed up to launch a new project between their two agencies to try to reduce the growing school-to-prison rate among young people. The Supportive School Discipline Initiative,...
by Gabrielle Levy | Jul 27, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON—State education departments across the country are struggling to strike a balance between a growing demand for leadership in reform and shrinking budgets. A report released Wednesday in a bipartisan collaboration between the Center for American Progress and...
