Anyone who says the religious right is the only group taking aim at safe schools “czar” Kevin Jennings could not be more wrong.
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College By… Subscription?
Is subscription-based online education a successful strategy for remedial education? One entrepreneur argues that “call center” style online courses would prove more affordable for both students and colleges.
Administrative Overload
A recent event, entitled Total Student Load: The Secret to Boosting School Performance?, and William Ouchi’s recent book, The Secret of TSL, both pose solutions to the challenges currently faced by the nation’s public school systems.
Unsafe at D.C. Schools
Heritage Foundation scholars recently received data on the number of police-notified incidents at District of Columbia public schools.
Huff Po Math
Yesterday the Chronicle of Higher Education elevated the liberal Huffington Post from a news outlet to a news source.
Shariah Deconstructed
Parents continue to voice their alarm over the manner in which California public schools teach seventh-graders about Islam compared to other faiths.
Shariah Studies by Stealth
Under some pressure from parents, California’s Education Department is reviewing its guidelines for teaching Islamic Studies to seventh-graders in its public schools.
Transparency in Tatters
Earlier this week I shared
with you that Education Secretary Arne Duncan had chosen homosexual activist Kevin Jennings to head the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools.
The Pell Grant Pendulum
President Obama’s recent commitment to raise the U.S. graduation rate to the highest in the world has left education policy experts conflicted on how to best increase college access and affordability.
DC Vouchers Rhee-Visited
On May 5, D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee told a symposium on innovation in education that she doesn’t care whether education providers earn a profit if they are effective, but when questioned about innovative programs in the District which needed funding, she left out the DC voucher program.