by Lahaina Mae Mondonedo | Apr 15, 2010 | Education
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Flake is a rescue pet who walked down the runway to support her fellow animals in need at Fashion For Paws show held Saturday at the Italian Embassy. (Lahaina Mondonedo/MNS) WASHINGTON-The Italian Embassy last week catered to...
by Danny Yadron | Apr 14, 2010 | Education
Danny Yadron/MNSSecretary of Education Arne Duncan said Wednesday that reform efforts will be for naught without an education jobs bill. WASHINGTON — The Senate’s most powerful Democrat on education unveiled a $23 billion bailout for public schools on...
by Camille Doty | Apr 14, 2010 | Education
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Teachers rally on Capitol Hill to protest recent changes to education reform. Camille M. Doty/MNS WASHINGTON -Upset teachers rallied outside the Department of Education. Although the building doors were closed for the weekend,...
by Danny Yadron | Apr 12, 2010 | Education
WASHINGTON — When Secretary of Education Arne Duncan picked only two states as winners in the first round of a national competition for education dollars, he meant to spur unsuccessful states into action. Demonstrate the bar is high, he said, and people will try...
by Michaela Meaney & Megan Rauch | Dec 7, 2009 | Education
A majority of students sexually assaulted on campus do not report the crimes. And according to a new report by the Center for Public Integrity, those who do could face several barriers. (Alex Keefe/MNS) From daunting bureaucracies to administrators who are sometimes...
by Katie Rogers | Dec 4, 2009 | Education
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Education activists met on Capitol Hill this week to discuss college affordability and pending higher education reform legislation. KATIE ROGERS (MNS) WASHINGTON – Faced with an unforgiving job market and a slumped economy,...
