While the Obama Administration hatched a plan to make community college free, the White House plotted a change in the tax treatment of savings accounts parents use to pay for their children’s college education. “During…
Topic: education
Colleges Get Billions in Federal Aid regardless of Graduation Rates
Not an earth-shattering revelation, but frustrating. How is there no accountability?!
It’s School Choice Week! Follow the Hashtag #SCW
Check out the latest events and updates HERE. It’s a great effort to get better education for America’s future.
Physics Professors tackle the NFL “Deflate-Gate” Scandal
Don’t they have something better to do than test deflated and inflated footballs? Apparently not.
Community College pays its president $750,000 in Buyout
A community college named DuPage has THAT much money to throw around? But, this community college president lost the confidence of the community after e-mails were released to the public.
Academics Ignore Saudi King’s Human Rights Abuses, Praise Education Dollars
The deceased Saudi King Abdullah sent tens of thousands of students to study overseas from his home country, which isn’t a bad thing. But, to overlook his human rights abuses? Not good at all.
More Latinos in Community Colleges than Others, Report finds
Other findings were that 18% of Latino students were learning English as a second language and made strides in earning an associate’s degree via community colleges.
Remedial Radical Professors
At the Modern Language Association’s 2015 convention in Vancouver, Canada, Susan O’Malley, currently an English professor at the City University of New York (CUNY), lamented that remedial education could not be stopped in New York….
America has an Estimated 2.2 Million Homeschooled Children
That’s quite a big number and it is growing. Also, the good news is that a good amount of local school districts are easing rules on restricting homeschooling.
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…