El ex-presidente ecuatoriano Rafael Correa difunde activamente retórica antiamericana y altera las instituciones democráticas de su país para su propio beneficio. Correa ha sido condenado por corrupción por parte de la Corte Nacional de Justicia de Ecuador. Los...
Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa actively spreads anti-American rhetoric and tampers with his homeland’s democratic institutions for his own benefit. Correa has been convicted of corruption by Ecuador’s National Court of Justice. U.S. Senators Marco Rubio...
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee recently determined that phenylephrine, an ingredient commonly used to treat sinus and nasal congestion, is ineffective in treating these symptoms. This was apparent from research for years, yet large...
El senador estadounidense Marco Rubio (R-FL) habló con César Grajales de La Poderosa 670 AM en El Panorama Político, sobre la crisis fronteriza, sobre cómo los hispanoamericanos se ven afectados con la realidad del país, sobre los cargos contra el senador Bob Menéndez...
Pregnant students are sometimes discriminated against by their schools, either intentionally or unintentionally and there is a concerning lack of awareness about the resources and rights available to them. Due to a lack of services and discrimination, these women may...
Currently, intelligence community civilians are subject to certain tax penalties for job-related relocation requirements, but active-duty military servicemembers are not subjected to the same penalties. These tax benefits, including the ability to deduct moving...
Of all my parents’ hopes and dreams, their principal one was for me and my siblings to accomplish our dreams. My parents worked long, hard hours – my father as a bartender and my mother as a maid and stock clerk – so that we could have the types of careers they weren’t able to achieve. They believed and worked toward the American dream: to fulfill the desire of every parent to leave their children with a better life than their own. Because of my parents’ hard work, my own determination and through programs like Pell Grants and student loans, I was able to not only get a college degree, but also a law degree. My experience is a quintessential American story, and it’s why I am co-sponsoring the American Dream Accounts Act of 2012.
This bill uses existing Department of Education funds to award three-year competitive grants to organizations and partnerships to provide counseling and financial support for low-income students who are preparing for college. Grant winners will establish and administer American Dream Accounts (ADAs), which are personal online accounts that will allow parents, teachers, counselors and mentors to monitor a student’s higher education readiness and provide information relating to college enrollment and financial assistance, as well as academic and career interests. ADAs also include individual college savings accounts for each student, though grantees cannot use grant funds to seed such savings accounts.
High school students should be afforded the opportunity to attend a some kind higher education institution and, through this bill, those students will have meaningful counseling about which options best suit their individual needs and goals.