Education
All children deserve to have access to a quality education. It is essential to ensure that the next generation is given the tools to be successful and drive our economy forward. We cannot allow our country to fall behind in a global economy, and we do that by investing in our educational system to make it high-quality and accessible for all Americans – from preschool to high school and beyond. The earlier children start learning, the better. Early education promotes childhood development, an important determinant of health over a person’s lifetime.
Securing a good education is a matter of right for every child, no matter their zip code. We know that 90 percent of children’s brains are formed by the time they turn six. In Maryland, we understand that reaching and teaching them early is critical to setting them on the right path. When we enacted the Excellence in Public Schools Act twenty years ago, requiring local boards of education to provide at least a half-day of prekindergarten to low-income families, attendance in early education rose 40 percent by 2011. We know that when we invest in resources for early education, there is significant demand, and our children and our families are all the better for it. On a national level, we need to do more and invest in our kids and their futures.
United States Secret Service Pathways Program for High School, College, and Recent Graduates
The United States Secret Service Pathways Program is designed to bring high school students, college students, and recent graduates into internships and apprenticeships with the Secret Service. These opportunities are intended to fulfill full time positions after their appointments.
The application period begins on February 14, 2024, and will close as soon as they receive 300 applications.
To learn more and apply, visit the Secret Service website.
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As Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote, “Our country has never been colorblind [g]iven the lengthy history of state-sanctioned race-based preferences in America.” And yet, the Supreme Court today turned a blind eye to this history, striking down the consideration of race in college admissions as if generations of slavery, segregation, and Jim Crow did not exis
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