VA officials, homeless veterans, and community program representatives testified before Congress Wednesday on their progress toward the Obama administration’s goal of ending homelessness among veterans by 2015.
Students for Education Reform now has more than 80 chapters across college campuses in 29 states. A new chapter is set to open in Washington in the fall. But some teachers aren’t sure the spirited undergraduates know what to fight for.
Education majors are generally absent at elite universities, peculiar features and poor promotion plague in-house teacher training programs, and career support and exposure for aspiring teachers are lacking. Some wonder if the leaders of the pack could do more to improve the image of the teaching profession.
According to the Congressional Hockey Caucus, hockey has become a pathway to college for at-risk youth.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan says teachers don’t get no respect — and he wants to do something about it.
The House introduced a bill Wednesday limiting arsenic levels in apple and grape juices.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan talked with savvy schools across the country via Skype to learn how they use technology, in a digital learning town hall based at the Newseum.
Children at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. had one exciting lunch period Wednesday: Michelle Obama, celebrity chef Rachael Ray, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack popped by for some whole grain turkey tacos. The First Lady and crew were on hand to talk up new national school lunch standards to parents, teachers, and students.
Senators dished on their “dates” from the opposing party as they rode the Capitol subway to the State of the Union address.
The Supreme Court tackled a thorny immigration issue Wednesday, involving an argument over the legal status of immigrant children.