by Gabrielle Levy | Jun 29, 2011 | Education, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON–Ten years after it was first introduced in Congress, the DREAM Act–the federal bill promoting a path to citizenship for undocumented youth through education or military service—received its first Senate hearing this week. Education Secretary...
by Matt Mansfield | Jun 8, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON — A top administration official told Congress Tuesday that for-profit colleges still have a vital role to play in American education, despite the high default rate on student loans at the schools. But the schools address a need for many low-income and...
by Empriss Campbell, Lucy Ren, & Phoebe Tollefson | Jun 7, 2011 | Education
Venus and Serena Williams play tennis with kids during a youth clinic at the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center in Washington.
by Tobias Burns & Lempereur | Jun 5, 2011 | Education
Honolulu North Dakota Virgin Islands Semifinals #1 Claire Zuo, of Palmetto Bay, Fla., advanced to the semifinals of the National Spelling Bee. She hopes to return to Washington for the competition next spring. Semifinals #2 Plano, Texas’ Narahari Bharadwaj...
by Matt Mansfield | Jun 1, 2011 | Education
Alexandra Rice/MNS Attorney General Eric Holder, left, and actor Wendell Pierce discuss the new Justice Department public awareness campaign on Tuesday in Washington. WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder got some help Tuesday from cast members of HBO’s...
by Matt Mansfield | May 24, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON—As a general rule the most popular college majors are not the ones that earn the most money, said one author of Georgetown University’s report on the economic value of college majors released Tuesday. But business is the exception. Business, still holding...