“Standards” and “College readiness.”
Monthly Archives For February 2014
Environmental Activism in English Literature
Environmentalists are now going back to find environmental messages written in classics published long before the first Earth Day was commemorated.
China’s Common Core
Although we often hear about how China is in hot economic competition with the U. S., we don’t hear as frequently how eerily similar their education system is to ours. “The Chinese government has always…
Lessons from America’s Sweetheart
I was dismayed by the sparse reaction to the loss of this woman who lived a great American life.
Parents Like Private Schools
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice recently published an analysis entitled, “More Than Scores: An Analysis of Why and How Parents Choose Private Schools.”
Education Savings Saves Students
Education savings accounts, or ESA’s, are like scholarships, where 90% of what the state would pay per student would be given to parents in a bank account-like program.
Agency Capture Benefits Wall Street?
The Center for American Progress recently held a panel discussion on the topic of executive agency overreach, which several panelists called “regulatory capture.”
Chronicling Higher Education’s Disarray
A look at the latest education news seems to show that academia’s left hand doesn’t know what its far left hand is doing.
Tale Of 2 Universities
While it may be logical to view the “research university” as a hijacking of higher education, universities could, nonetheless, learn a thing or two from their research wing.
Life After Tenure
One of the few tenured professors to get laid off found that there is life after academia, and a more productive one at that.