President George W. Bush stands backstage with Yadira Vieyra, a Georgetown University student, who was among those in attendance Thursday, April 24, 2008, at the White House Summit on Inner-City Children and Faith-Based Schools. White House photo by Chris Greenberg.
On Wednesday, April 30, 2008, the White House convened a summit on inner-city children and faith-based schools to highlight the need to preserve the critically important educational alternatives for underserved students attending chronically underperforming schools. President Bush announced the summit in his 2008 State of the Union as an opportunity to help increase awareness of the challenges faced by low-income students in the inner cities and address the role of nonpublic schools, including faith-based schools, in meeting the needs of low-income, inner-city students. GO >
On Tuesday, April 29, 2008, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, joined by U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, marked the 25th anniversary of A Nation at Risk by discussing global competitiveness and the importance of math and science at the National Academies' convocation, "Rising Above the Gathering Storm Two Years Later: Accelerating Progress Toward a Brighter Economic Future," in Washington, D.C. GO >
On Tuesday, April 22, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced proposed new regulations to strengthen and clarify No Child Left Behind (NCLB) during a press conference held at the Detroit Economic Club. The proposed regulations focus on several key areas that stand to better inform Hispanic parents and families about their children's education: improved accountability and transparency, uniform and disaggregated graduation rates, and improved parental notification for supplemental educational services (SES) and public school choice. GO >
An essential factor in the effort to increase educational attainment and to close the achievement gap for Hispanic Americans is family involvement. Learn More...
