Tag: Education funding
USDA bans school lunch fees for low-income families
NEW YORK -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that students eligible for free or reduced price school meals cannot be charged processing...
National grantmakers bet this rural education program can scale
In 2010, Dreama Gentry met Geoffrey Canada, founder of Harlem Children’s Zone, a much-lauded nonprofit that supports youth from birth through college in...
Japan asks China to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens after a schoolboy was fatally stabbed
TOKYO -- Japan’s top diplomat asked China to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens there after the fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy,...
Colombian truckers block highways in main cities in protest over increases in fuel prices
BOGOTÁ, Colombia -- Thousands of Colombians were forced to walk to work on Tuesday, as truckers in major cities blocked highways to protest...
Google and Selena Gomez partner to fund teen mental health in the classroom
The unprecedented mental health crisis for children in the United States often surfaces where they spend much of their days: school. With that...
Appeals judges rule against fund used to provide phone services for rural and low-income people
NEW ORLEANS -- Calling it a “misbegotten tax,” a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled Wednesday that a method the Federal Communications...