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Shahien Nasiripour

Obama Student Loan Policy Under Scrutiny As Congress Tackles Student Borrowing Costs

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats have pounced on a nonpartisan government report showing the Department of Education this year is forecast to ear...

Dave Jamieson

Retailers' Pledges On Garment Worker Safety Ring Hollow

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.03.2013 | Business

The climbing death toll in the wake of a massive building collapse in Bangladesh has put increasing pressure on Western retailers to commit themselves...

An ARPA for Education?

Robert E. Slavin | Posted 03.26.2013 | Politics
Robert E. Slavin

The idea is based on DARPA, which has for many years supported innovation and experimentation in defense.

Dave Jamieson

House Democrats Walk Out Of Vote In Protest

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.07.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Several House Democrats walked out of a committee vote in protest on Wednesday, accusing their Republican counterparts of refusing to ne...

Dave Jamieson

Dems Propose Minimum Wage Hike

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.05.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) plan to jointly introduce legislation on Tuesday to raise the federal minimum...

Dave Jamieson

The Obama Proposal That Frightens The Business Lobby

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) only needed a single night's sleep before throwing cold water on one of the most significant proposa...

Joy Resmovits

Obama Ally Attacks White House Education Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 02.07.2013 | Politics

The Obama administration has been under fire for watering down the No Child Left Behind Act by granting waivers that exempt states from its stringent ...

How Are Schools Harnessing Technology?

Joy Resmovits | Posted 04.07.2013 | Politics
Joy Resmovits

When it comes to education, the role and effects of technology has been a tough nut to crack. As tomorrow's Digital Learning Day approaches, education groups and officials are offering up their recommendations.

In Restarting House Education Committee, Kline Seeks To Get More Done On NCLB, School Safety

Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.24.2013 | Home
Joy Resmovits

It's back to school for Congress. Today, Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, held his first organizational meeting with the 113th Congress's iteration of his committee. In his opening remarks, Kline said reauthorizing No Child Left Behind will remain a "top priority." NCLB, the sweeping law that governs public K-12 education, expired in 2007.

Parents Fight Back Against Schools' Deadly Tactics

Posted 11.30.2012 | Home

Families across the country are challenging a system they say has not only failed to educate and protect their children, but also endangered their liv...

Friday Talking Points -- The Can-Kicking Congress

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.16.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Every member of Congress began this year knowing what was going to happen at the end of 2012. They have now had over ten months to work on the impending crisis. And what have they done about it? Nothing.

Justice League of Limbo

Mark Juddery | Posted 12.03.2012 | Entertainment
Mark Juddery

The movie world is awaiting the details with excitement -- or in the case of many fans, deep fear that they will get it wrong once again.

Tyler Kingkade

Applying Health Care Reform Rules To For-Profit Colleges

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 09.26.2012 | College

The College Student Rebate Act, introduced last week by Reps. George Miller (D-Calif.) and John Tierney (D-Mass.), would require colleges that spend l...

Joy Resmovits

Nobody Asked If U.S. Special Ed Transition Programs Work, Report Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.07.2012 | Home

Thirty-six hours after Marlyn Wells gave birth to Anna, she learned her daughter had Down syndrome. Just a few years later, the family started talking...

The Romney Economy: Too Few (American) Jobs, Too Little Pay

Elizabeth Parisian | Posted 09.30.2012 | Politics
Elizabeth Parisian

Romney is trying hard to make the case that he can be counted on to be a "job creator" -- but we should be asking ourselves if these are the kinds of jobs that are good for America.

The Minimum Wage Is So Low That It's Immoral - and Foolish

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 09.21.2012 | Politics
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Economic issues make some people's eyes glaze over, so we'll put this plainly: Today's minimum wage is epic in its injustice and Dickensian in its cruelty. It's a shame that Dickens himself isn't here to write about it.

Tyler Kingkade

Odds Long For Quick Congressional Hearing On Penn State

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 07.15.2012 | College

Members of Congress who want to hold a hearing to investigate child abuse reporting laws in light of the Penn State University scandal will have to wa...

GAO and George Miller Don't Understand How Special Education Works

Michael J. Petrilli | Posted 08.21.2012 | Home
Michael J. Petrilli

Today's "exquisitely-timed" GAO report has set off an avalanche of accusations at charter schools for "discriminating" against students with disabilities. George Miller, who requested the study, told the Washington Post that the news was "sobering."

Joy Resmovits

Charter Schools Discourage Students With Disabilities, U.S. Study Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 06.20.2012 | Home

Advocates, lobbyists and celebrities including Bill Cosby are rubbing shoulders in Minneapolis this week to celebrate 20 years of the charter school m...

Having Trouble with Self-Control? It's All In Your Head!

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 08.12.2012 | Women
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

When your best intentions go south, new research suggests that it wasn't the devil that made you do it. It was your brain.

Joy Resmovits

Clock Running Out To Lower Student Loan Rate As Congress Squabbles

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 06.08.2012 | Home

Unless Congress acts before July 1, the interest rate on federally subsidized student loans for 7 million new borrowers will double from 3.4 percent t...

Joy Resmovits

Bill Would Cut Tax Loopholes To Keep Interest Rates For Student Loans Down

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 04.24.2012 | Home

As President Barack Obama makes his way across the country to slam an impending increase in federal student loan-interest rates, a group of congressio...

Dave Jamieson

Obama Labor Board Appointee Shared Insider Secrets, Violating Ethics Code, Report Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.23.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- An inspector general's investigation has found that a recent appointee to the National Labor Relations Board violated the agency's ethic...

Dave Jamieson

GOP Trying To Bury Investigation: House Dem

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.08.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) sent a letter to House Republicans Thursday accusing the GOP of trying to keep portions of an investigatio...

Dave Jamieson

Big GOP Donors Get Carveout Stiffing Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.20.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are trying to pass a transportation bill that would strip certain workers of their minimum-wage and overtime protectio...