You heard it all over the Democratic Convention 2012 last night. President Obama calling for the hiring of “100,000 new math and science teachers.” He also said, “I don’t believe that firing teachers or kicking students off financial aid will grow the economy, or help us compete with scientist and engineers coming out of China.” … Continue reading
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Smoke and Guns: Pulling the Parent Trigger
What are Parent Trigger Laws? The Parent Trigger movement has caused quite a stir in the education world ever since the first enactment in California. It is now in full effect in six other states including Texas, Connecticut, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and West Virginia, with a pilot program in Columbus, Ohio as well. Furthermore, it … Continue reading
Autonomy and Accountability
On Tuesday July 24, 2012 the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, of the U.S. House of Representatives, held a hearing titled, “Education Reforms: Discussing the Value of Alternative Teacher Certification Programs.” With the deadline for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) looming in the near future, education policy … Continue reading
Why Fixing Student Loan Interest Rates Doesn’t Fix The Problem
On July 6, President Obama signed a bill that will hold student loan interest rates at 3.4% for the next year. Students all over the country greeted the bill with relief. With college tuition rates increasing faster than the inflation rate, students are relying more and more on loans to pay for their education. Tuition … Continue reading
Higher Education and Consumerism
According to the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEF), since 2006, the average enrolment in public higher education institutions has increased by 16.9%, with some states, such as Oregon, seeing spikes in enrolment as high as 33.6%. However, these rises in enrolment have been coupled with relatively stagnant state and local higher education appropriations. In … Continue reading
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