President Obama doesn’t just have plans to reform American policies on health care, national security, and international relations—he also has great plans for education reform, including lengthening both school days and school years.
Read the articleExpanding the availability of student loans and grants at this time might just ensure that students can still get their degrees without actually causing schools to charge less for college.
Read the articleWhat is the role of the Federal Government in education and what do they propose to do about the abysmal public schools in America?
Read the articleClaims that big spending on government preschool programs result in wide long-term societal benefits are built on evidential quicksand.
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University of Illinois, may give this Cinderella a more prominent place than it has had before.
Leftist scholars converged at Brookings recently to share their worries about income inequity, lack of opportunity in America and increased poverty.
Read the articleAt a recent discussion at Brookings, some education reporters gave their views on education and social mobility.
Read the articleAccording to reporter Eric Shawn, the U.N. has become the world’s Tammany Hall.
Read the articleIn Baltimore County’s new English class, a noun is defined as “stuff” and a verb as “what stuff does.” Correspondingly, the texts for the class, called “Studio Course,” are often teen magazines.
Read the articleSome public officials forget that the wall of separation between church and state is meant to protect the former from the latter.
Read the articleCalls for more intensive early childhood education programs often accompany studies revealing that American students lag behind their international peers.
Read the articleAfter the 2004 election the President remarked that he had earned political capital, and on Monday it became clear that he intended to spend some of it on advancing the education reforms of his first term.
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