Aug 01 Combating on-campus sexual assault with your smart phone By Elizabeth Jones The White House renewed its call to action when President Barack Obama signed a memorandum establishing a task force to protect college students, who are at the highest risk of sexual assault. Continue reading
Jul 29 Those with ‘some college, no degree’ could hold key to U.S. education goals By Kyla Calvert Mason By 2020, President Barack Obama wants the United States to regain its position as the country with the most educated residents. But in the last 20 years, nearly one in every 10 Americans started a college career that they never… Continue reading
Jul 28 President Obama gets emotional over Malia’s impending departure to college By Darlene Superville, Associated Press In a commencement address to high school graduates in Worcester, Massachusetts, Obama said he's practicing for what's coming in two years. "So I'm trying to get used to not choking up and crying and embarrassing her. So this is sort… Continue reading
Jul 23 Dept. of Education encourages colleges to experiment with flexible credit systems By Elizabeth Jones As a part of President Barack Obama’s push to make college more affordable, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that it will launch a new initiative to test innovative practices aimed at providing nontraditional, low-income and struggling students with… Continue reading
Jul 21 White House expands My Brother’s Keeper initiative with $100 million in private sector commitments By Kyla Calvert Mason The White House announced new partnerships Monday with school districts, businesses, nonprofits and others to improve services from preschool access to career readiness training for boys and young men of color. Continue reading
Jul 09 Sixth graders ditch traditional lessons to create video game businesses By April Brown It took seven people to create the “Golden Medallion” spy adventure video game and its advertising campaign. They did their own coding, conducted a beta test, created a website, a commercial and an instagram feed, and they came up with… Continue reading
Jul 07 Department of Education launches plan to attract good teachers to high-poverty schools By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press As part of the initiative, the Education Department said it will ask states to develop new, comprehensive educator equity plans. It is also investing $4.2 million to start a new technical assistance network to help states and districts create and… Continue reading
Jul 07 Kids at the border turning into political crisis for Obama administration By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Continued disagreement over what’s drawing unaccompanied minors and what to do about them After blows at Supreme Court, White House weighs contraception options Airstrikes in Iraq, and the amazing return of Chalabi in Iraq… Continue reading
Jul 04 For-profit college to sell off 85 campuses By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press The troubled for-profit education company Corinthian Colleges Inc. and the Education Department reached an agreement late Thursday that has 85 of the company's 100-plus campuses going up for sale, and 12 others closing. Continue reading