by ADC | Oct 8, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Education, On Base
DOD announced Monday a round of grant funding to 21 historically Black colleges and universities and 49 minority-serving institutions, according to a press release and the list of awardees. The funds, totaling $50 million, are to help the institutions buy research and...
by ADC | Jul 29, 2024 | Education, Military Families, On Base
As families across the country prepare for a return to the classroom, we talked with Jerrod Wheeler, superintendent of the Knob Noster School District in Missouri and a member of the ADC board of directors. He told On Base how schools and communities can welcome new...
by ADC | Jul 26, 2024 | America's Defense Communities | The Podcast, Education, On Base
The latest episode of America’s Defense Communities | The Podcast focuses on Higher Ground Education, a company whose schools across the country are based on the Montessori system. Higher Ground says the education style makes life easier for both military children and...
by ADC | Jul 23, 2024 | Education, Military Families, On Base
Navy Federal Credit Union is once again partnering with the United Through Reading, a nonprofit that promotes reading and literacy among military families, according to a press release. They are working together on a virtual book drive, where anyone can make a...
by ADC | Jun 27, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Education, On Base
A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate would require the Pentagon to share information with state and local school authorities about students who enlist in the military, Military.com reported. Schools would have access to each enlistee’s education outcomes, Armed...
by ADC | Apr 16, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Education, On Base
Universal pre-K will be available at almost all DOD Education Activity primary schools starting with the 2024-25 school year, Military Times reported. DODEA piloted the program in 2023 at a school on a base in Japan. In the upcoming school year, it will add 79 schools...
by ADC | Apr 2, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Education, On Base
The Army may scale back an education benefit it started four years ago to help soldiers get professional credentials in such fields as coding, cybersecurity, personal training and other skills, Military.com reported, citing “multiple sources directly familiar with the...
by ADC | Jan 30, 2024 | Congress/DoD, Education, Housing, Military Families, On Base
The senior enlisted leaders of each DOD branch will testify at a Wednesday hearing of the House Armed Services Committee’s special panel on quality of life. The panel is chaired by Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.). After a series of meetings over...
by ADC | Oct 12, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Education, Military Families, On Base
“Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools? It May Be the Defense Department” was the headline of a New York Times article published this week looking at the successes at DODEA-run schools across the country. “With about 66,000 students — more than the public school enrollment...
