For a quarter of a century, Republican presidential candidates have uttered variations of George H. W. Bush’s high pitched pledge: “I want to be the education president.” It has gotten them exactly nowhere. So far,…
Topic: 2016
Wisconsin College Student says Wisconsin has to Stop Anti-Walker Efforts
As The College Fix reported: “Tayler Studinski is fed up.” “The 19-year-old University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point sophomore has silently watched as peers elected to represent her campus denounce Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed University of Wisconsin budget…
Scott Walker Leads GOP on Education
Whatever his merits or demerits, the actual front-runner for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination continues to show how Republican candidates, at least on education, can lead on, rather than be overwhelmed by, issues. “Wisconsin Gov….
Univ. of Wisconsin Student Papers: Negative Scott Walker Op-Eds outnumber Positive Ones by 3-to-1 Ratio
The College Fix did a count of op-eds in the University of Wisconsin newspapers and found out that there was a 3-to-1 ratio of negative op-eds of Governor Scott Walker than positive ones.
Condoleezza Rice takes over Jeb Bush’s Educational Foundation
The former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is taking over Jeb Bush’s education outfit now that Jeb is running in the 2016 race for president. What isn’t said is that Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in…
What GOP 2016 Candidates Have to Say about Common Core
With a little less than two years to go until the 2016 presidential contest, GOP contenders are staking out positions on the Obama Administration’s Common Core education reforms that are markedly to the right of…