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Leveraging Mental Muscle for Academic Excellence
Posted byon June 28, 2013 at 11:32 AM EDTLast month, a group of leading researchers, practitioners, and industry representatives convened to discuss how students’ beliefs about their academic abilities can affect how much they learn in school. Research demonstrates that when students learn that their academic ability is not a fixed trait, like eye color, but instead is like a muscle that can grow and develop with hard work, they do better in school.
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Landmark Treaty For The Visually Impaired
Posted byon June 28, 2013 at 8:35 AM EDTMore than 150 states have approved a landmark treaty that holds the potential to open up a world of knowledge for the nearly 340 million people worldwide who are blind, visually impaired, or have other print disabilities.
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West Wing Week: 06/28/13 or “The Case For Action”
Posted byon June 28, 2013 at 12:00 AM EDTWelcome to West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Senate Votes to Reform Our Nation's Immigration System
Posted byon June 27, 2013 at 7:06 PM EDTToday, 68 members of the U.S. Senate, Republicans and Democrats, came together and voted to reform our nation's immigration system. But we haven't won the debate, and as the conversation unfolds here in Washington, we need you to be part of it.
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Regional Round-up: Support for President Obama's Plan to Cut Carbon Pollution and Combat Climate Change
Posted byon June 27, 2013 at 6:45 PM EDTPresident Obama announced his efforts to combat climate change on Tuesday. Here's what the media is saying.
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Hanging Out to Innovate for Global Good
Posted byon June 27, 2013 at 6:33 PM EDTThe White House hosted a Google+ Hangout today to discuss science, engineering, and entrepreneurial skills and how they can improve the lives of the global poor.
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FLOTUS Travel Journal: Visiting Goree Island
Posted byon June 27, 2013 at 6:27 PM EDTThe First Lady recounts her experience at Goree Island.
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FLOTUS Travel Journal: An Example to Follow
Posted byon June 27, 2013 at 5:06 PM EDTFirst Lady Michelle Obama reflects on her visit to the Martin Luther King school, an all-girls middle school in Dakar, which is Senegal’s capital city.
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Obama Administration Statements on the Supreme Court’s DOMA Ruling
Posted byon June 27, 2013 at 5:00 PM EDTAdministration officials react to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on same sex marriage.
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President Obama Visits Senegal
Posted byon June 27, 2013 at 4:30 PM EDTIn Senegal, President Obama meets with President Mackey Sall, discusses the importance of the rule of law with regional judicial leaders, and visits Goree Island
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