by Gabrielle Levy | Jun 30, 2011 | Education, Immigration
WASHINGTON – A new bill aimed at improving public education for Native Americans – and sponsored by both Hawaii senators – received support from American Indian groups this week on Capitol Hill. The groups said Thursday Native Culture, Language and Access for Success...
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...
