Abolish the U.S. Department of Education? Seriously?
We all owe Stella Lohmann of Atlanta, Georgia thanks. Ms. Lohmann is the substitute teacher who via video asked GOP candidates in last night's debate:What as president would you seriously do about...
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How Federal Early Childhood Education Standards Are Increasing Inequality
A guest blog published today by the Washington Post in Valerie Strauss' regular "The Answer Sheet" is both a fascinating and alarming indictment of how policy people read more
View ArticlePick Your Pain: More Taxes or Less Education
The news of looming cuts in California's education system is, an and of itself, depressing and frightening. Considered as part and parcel of a pervasive American tic -- the ability to be both aware of...
View ArticleRiches to Massive Riches: The Michael McCaul Story
Sick of investment advice from hacks like Warren Buffet and Donald Trump? Ask a congress member. Roll Call published their latest list of the “50 Richest Members of the 112th Congress” last week. Texan...
View ArticleIncome, Not Race, May Affect Admissions to NYC's Elite High Schools
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed a federal civil rights complaint this week claiming that New York City's admissions process for eight specialized high schools* is biased. According to NAACP's Rachel...
View ArticleNew Efforts to Regulate For-Profit Colleges
The latest attempt to throw a collar on for-profit colleges is the The College Student Rebate Act of 2012. House Representatives John Tierney (D-Mass.) and George Miller (D-Calif.) put it in front of a...
View ArticleWill the U.S. Get Serious About Pre-K?
Obama gave the country a glimpse of his new pre-K initiative in last night State of the Union address—and reason to hope that he’ll bring the rest of the country toward the national models set by...
View ArticleDon't Back Burner Pre-K
Whatever happened to President Obama's call, in his State of the Union address, for all children to have access to pre-kindergarten education? It seems to have vanished without a trace.read more
View ArticleWhy Colleges Give Aid So Much Aid to Wealthy Students
Let's say you're president of a presitigous liberal arts college with a nice endowment and you have enough money to give out a decent level of financial aid every year. How do you deploy that aid? Do...
View ArticleAbolish the U.S. Department of Education? Seriously?
We all owe Stella Lohmann of Atlanta, Georgia thanks. Ms. Lohmann is the substitute teacher who via video asked GOP candidates in last night's debate:What as president would you seriously do about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Federal Early Childhood Education Standards Are Increasing Inequality
A guest blog published today by the Washington Post in Valerie Strauss' regular "The Answer Sheet" is both a fascinating and alarming indictment of how policy people read more
View ArticlePick Your Pain: More Taxes or Less Education
The news of looming cuts in California's education system is, an and of itself, depressing and frightening. Considered as part and parcel of a pervasive American tic -- the ability to be both aware of...
View ArticleRiches to Massive Riches: The Michael McCaul Story
Sick of investment advice from hacks like Warren Buffet and Donald Trump? Ask a congress member. Roll Call published their latest list of the “50 Richest Members of the 112th Congress” last week. Texan...
View ArticleIncome, Not Race, May Affect Admissions to NYC's Elite High Schools
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed a federal civil rights complaint this week claiming that New York City's admissions process for eight specialized high schools* is biased. According to NAACP's Rachel...
View ArticleNew Efforts to Regulate For-Profit Colleges
The latest attempt to throw a collar on for-profit colleges is the The College Student Rebate Act of 2012. House Representatives John Tierney (D-Mass.) and George Miller (D-Calif.) put it in front of a...
View ArticleWill the U.S. Get Serious About Pre-K?
Obama gave the country a glimpse of his new pre-K initiative in last night State of the Union address—and reason to hope that he’ll bring the rest of the country toward the national models set by...
View ArticleDon't Back Burner Pre-K
Whatever happened to President Obama's call, in his State of the Union address, for all children to have access to pre-kindergarten education? It seems to have vanished without a trace.read more
View ArticleWhy Colleges Give Aid So Much Aid to Wealthy Students
Let's say you're president of a presitigous liberal arts college with a nice endowment and you have enough money to give out a decent level of financial aid every year. How do you deploy that aid? Do...
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