The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education has published another of its biennial Measuring Up reports , and once again the report itself doesn’t measure up. It has lots of problems, but the most glaring — and the one that regularly generates the most wailing and gnashing of teeth — is its insistence that only money students don’t have to pay back constitutes “financial...... [Show More]
getting started loans Post Source: www.raisingkaine.com Posted: Dec 02 2008 21:30:27
With all the discussion of bailouts and stimulus that has been going on, it may be valuable to consider alternatives for helping to power our economy that are more targeted at some of the people who could use the help most .
I’m not talking about CEOs , or Wall Street or even homeowners . I’m talking about people just starting out in life ( as it were ); people who j...... [Show More]
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That’s $20000 farther away from buying a home and starting a family. And $20000 less likely to give back through teaching or public service. I am sure President-elect Obama can empathize. He paid off his last student loan in January …
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Related posts: http://jim hamiltonbl og.blogspo t.com/2008 /11/presid ent-elect- obama-deta ils-...... [Show More]
My article in the 11/30 Purcellville Gazette:
Close to Home
By Barbara Curtis
Christmas in school? Yes, we can.
Several years ago, my daughter’s teacher gave this assignment: Make holiday posters.
Only one guideline: No religion allowed.
I guess it wouldn’t be Christmas without the fear of a lawsuit, would it?
But this skittishness about religious expression in s...... [Show More]
I won’t pretend to be the least bit able to keep track of who is getting bailed out how and at what price anymore. When we were talking about a nice, simple, $700-billion bailout of some type to someone, sure, that was easy to follow. But there’s practically a new proposal involving hundreds-o f-billions of dollars every day now, and at this point it just seems that Hank Paulson is throwing out...... [Show More]
From Education Newsfeed :
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced the appointment and re-appointment of six National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) members. The 26-member governing board develops policy guidance for the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the only continuing assessment of what students have learned in various subjects. Read more from t...... [Show More]
Among the current slate of policy solutions for educational malaise - the accountability, the school choice, and the union bashing - absent from the list is textbook trashing. Why ignore them? We wrote standards and and grade level expectations; we contracted with the test-making companies to get tests “ali gned” ; and pointing back at teachers, but people overlook the “sci entifica.. .... [Show More]
From Education Newsfeed :
With a college degree fast becoming a 21st century necessity, the U.S. Department of Education’s monthly TV show, "Education News Parents Can Use," will spotlight student financial assistance in a program entitled, "Paying for College: Think Federal Aid First." Read more from this post....... [Show More]
From Education Newsfeed :
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced the release of the Institute of Education Sciences’ report: Reading First Impact Study: Final Report. This report presents an additional year of data from 2006-2007 on student reading comprehension and classroom instruction. In addition, the report includes information on the impact of the program on f...... [Show More]
Earlier this month, I posted an article on The College Board’s annual report, Trends in College Pricing . There is a companion report to Trends in College Pricing, Trends in Student Aid . Published since 1983, this year’s Trends in Student Aid report is only 20 pages long but is supplemented by a website that provides detailed information on all aspects of student aid. As I...... [Show More]
In a recent edweek.org newsletter there was a No Child Left Behind Alert that I found interesting, and provided the starting point for this post. The forum discussion (a question is posed, and you can submit a response joining you to the discussion) for the day was: What’s the most important thing President- to-be-Obam a could do improve standardized testing? Many assumptions...... [Show More]
Is this going too far to punish and deter academic dishonesty?
Texas A&M International University in Laredo fired a professor for publishing the names of students accused of plagiarism.
In his syllabus, professor Loye Young wrote that he would “promptly and publicly fail and humiliate anyone caught lying, cheating or stealing.” After he discovered six students had plagiarized on an essay...... [Show More]
The United States Department of Education’s Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) provides funds to schools to provide awards to students. 20 new awards (average value of $139,000) were awarded this year. That brings total funding this year to 71 awards (50 continue from previous years). Institutions recieving funds include: Clark Atlanta Un...... [Show More]
In earlier posts on this Weblog, I introduced readers to ScienceDebate2008 , a citizen effort to engage the US presidential candidates in a real debate on science, technology and society. The debates never happened, but each candidate (science advisors, I suppose) answered the 14 questions that ScienceDebate2008 participants generated. If you haven’t read the questions and ans...... [Show More]
It’s Top Chef season again. I’ll be making my friends some yummy food tonight while we watch the second episode. This season my favorite chef is Eugene, who worked his way up from his position as a dishwasher. The rest of the contestants went to fancy shmancy culinary schools.
Over at one of my other blog projects, The Internet Food Association, New America Foundation education polic...... [Show More]
For the last six years, the federal government has subsidized an elementary-level reading curriculum called Reading First, making it available for free to public schools that apply. But a study released today found that the program did not improve elementary students’ ability to understand what they read . It did help first graders with the more basic reading skills of identifying and sou...... [Show More]
Here are speakers at the recent public hearing on negotiated rulemaking
for the Higher Education Opportunity Act, held on October 8, 2008 at the Department of Education (Washington, DC). The excerpts below are
comments that speakers made pertaining to student loans and are not
meant to be exhaustive. If you are interested in viewing the complete
t ranscripts , they are available on this D...... [Show More]
Here are speakers at the recent public hearing on negotiated rulemaking for the Higher Education Opportunity Act, held on October 6, 2008 at Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, NC). The excerpts below are comments that speakers made pertaining to student loans and are not meant to be exhaustive. If you are interested in viewing the complete transcripts, they are available on this De...... [Show More]
The Chronicle’s News Blog :
As the days of the Bush administration wind down, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has watched a series of top aides leave early, including her chief of staff, her chief financial officer, and her under secretary for higher education.
Ms. Spellings, however, has repeatedly promised to stay until the end, January 20, 2009.
But will she? C...... [Show More]
Woody the sea lion comes over to visit his friend, Morrigan, one of the
Anchorage 5th graders participating in the October trip of the "Sea Train"
Yesterday, I posted about the Governor missing an important education summit , choosing media attention over the well-being of Alaska’s youth.
But, did Sarah’s many media miss-steps during her time on the McCain/Palin ticket ...... [Show More]
Last week, I heartily embraced the possibility, as voiced by the Fordham Foundation’s Mike Petrilli, that congressional Republicans might soon renounce their ill-fated foray into federal education control. The impetus for Petrilli’s conclusion was a Wall Street Journal letter from Michigan Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R), in which Hoekstra rebuked Republicans for abandoning principal and embr...... [Show More]
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