Fulfill George Washington’s last wish — a national university
“…a National University; and also a Military Academy. The desirableness of both these Institutions, has so constantly increased with every new view I have taken of the subject, that I…
Tag: education
92-year-old elementary school pupil inspires generation in Kenya
She started five years ago as a kindergartener at a boarding shool near Eldoret. She’s in fourth grade today. “I had grandchildren and great-grandchildren who shunned school,” she says by…
Education Department Terminates Contracts With Debt Collectors Accused Of Wrongdoing
The U.S. Department of Education, under fire for its lackluster oversight of student loan contractors, said Friday it will terminate its relationship with five debt collectors after accusing them of…
How One Superintendent Is Improving Her Community By Improving Her Schools
In just three years, Tiffany Anderson has helped turn around one of lowest performing school districts in Missouri. In 2010, failing test scores and low attendance rates put Jennings School…
Republican Leaders Struggle To Update Education Law
In a political embarrassment for Republicans, House GOP leaders on Friday abruptly cancelled a vote on a bill to update the George W. Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law…
Carnegie Hall Wants To Host Your Iconic New York City Wedding
Between the Plaza Hotel and New York Public Library, midtown Manhattan is filled with some iconic New York City wedding locations. Now, the recently engaged can add another midtown venue…
Why ‘Jihadi John’ is so worrying
The revelations Thursday over the identity of “Jihadi John”that he apparently grew up and was educated in Britain, and that he has a degree in computing from Westminster University in…
‘Corinthian 15’ Challenge Education Department By Refusing To Repay Federal Student Loans
Last November, Latonya Suggs, a 28-year-old Cincinnati woman with an infant son, went to a hotel ballroom in Southern California and told two of the federal government’s top education officials…
Dori Maynard, Journalist And Champion Of Diversity In News Coverage, Dead At 56
Dori J. Maynard, a journalist and champion of diversity in news coverage, died Tuesday at her Oakland home, the journalism education institute she presided said. She was 56. The Oakland-based…
Radio Stations Broadcast Lessons To Sierra Leone Kids Still Out Of School Due To Ebola
Classrooms are empty in Sierra Leone, but education hasn’t ground to a halt. School has yet to resume after last year’s summer break in the West African country due to…
6 Vintage Photos That’ll Bring You Back To Gym Class
These days, gym classes are becoming a rarity in schools (along with art class, electives and extracurriculars). While the curriculum and quality could vary — I distinctly remember a gym…
Bill Frist Fast Facts
Birth place: Nashville, Tennessee Birth name: William Harrison Frist Father: Thomas Frist Sr., a physician Mother: Dorothy (Cate) Frist Marriage: Karyn (McLaughlin) Frist (March 14, 1981-December 2012, divorced) – July…
Turkey Rolls Back Secular Education To Raise ‘Pious Generation’
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Pastor Ahmet Guvener managed to get his daughter, a Christian, an exemption from mandatory religious classes in her Turkish school. But he soon found that the…
Affluent Private Universities Are Tax Shelters For The Rich…And The Rest Of Us Are Picking Up The Tab
The following story was first published by Capital and Main and published here in collaboration with The Huffington Post. Sign up here for email updates from Capital & Main. Private…
U.S. High School Graduation Rate Reaches High Of 81 Percent
The U.S. high school graduation rate reached a new high of 81 percent for the 2012–2013 school year, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Education. Since 2010,…
Education Committee Sends No Child Left Behind Update To House
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House education committee approved a partisan bill Wednesday to update the No Child Left Behind education law, maintaining annual testing requirements but stripping the federal…
Bobby Jindal: The right’s unlikely Common Core hero
The scene of Jindal railing against Common Corethe education standards embraced by more than 40 statesstands in stark contrast to his enthusiastic approval of the program when it was first…
Watch These Men Figure Out They’re Feminists
“When you hear the term ‘feminism’ what do you think of?” “Women’s rights.” – Sometimes all it takes is some education. Happy to see these guys figured it out pretty…
Malala Pushes Politicians To Make Boko Haram Kidnapping Priority During Elections
Saturday marked 300 days since Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds of Nigerian girls, and activist Malala Yousafzai criticized world leaders for their complacent response. The Nobel Peace Prize winner urged advocates…
China Tells Schools to Suppress Western Ideas, With One Big Exception
BEIJING — They are out there, hiding in library stacks, whispering in lecture halls, armed with dangerous textbooks and subversive pop quizzes: foreign enemies plotting a stealthy academic invasion of…
Common Core fight a larger battle over the size of government
While he rolled out more specific education reform proposals Monday, Jindal framed the debate over Common Core in broader terms in a conversation with reporters Monday hosted by the Christian…
Fewer Top Graduates Want to Join Teach for America
Teach for America, the education powerhouse that has sent thousands of handpicked college graduates to teach in some of the nation’s most troubled schools, is suddenly having recruitment problems. For…
What The Right’s Textbook Freakout Is Really About
Conservatives are at war with the College Board over U.S. history. But proper education isn’t among their concerns Read the whole story at Salon
Tim Kaine, Claire McCaskill Bill Would Require Sexual Assault Education In Public High Schools
WASHINGTON — As universities and colleges face heightened scrutiny over their handling of campus rape, two Democratic senators want high schoolers to be required to learn about sexual assault. The…
Study Shows When The Feds Leave, Colleges Go Back To Underreporting Sex Assaults
The number of sexual assaults reported by colleges and universities tends to increase by an average of 44 percent while they’re under review by the U.S. Department of Education, according…
Europe’s Young Entrepreneurs
MADRID — When Jordan Casey took to the stage to present his technology business, he jumped onto the platform rather than walking up the access ramp. Entrepreneurial energy? Yes, but…
Here Are The States That Spend The Most On Public School Students
The National Center for Education Statistics on Thursday released its latest data on how much money states are investing in public school students. – The data was compiled based on…
Former UNC Athlete Says He’s Suing School To Protect Athletes’ Education
One of two ex-University of North Carolina athletes suing the school and NCAA says the goal is to ensure college athletes receive a quality education. In a statement posted Tuesday…
Botswana Doctor Is Named to Lead W.H.O. in Africa
A defining moment in the life of Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s new regional director for Africa, came when she was 9 and her father realized that her…
Obama Dropping Plan To Tax 529 College Savings Plans
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has dropped a controversial proposal to tax “529” college savings plans, a White House official said on Tuesday, calling it a “distraction”…