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Quick Hits (8.26.13) 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
“There’s nothing wrong with imperfection.” The ED Show talks to nine-year-old public school activist, Asean Johnson about his speech at the 50th anniversary of The March on Washington. Johnson, the yo...
Quick Hits (8.23.13) 24 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
“I’m just a bill.” In an interview with CNN, President Obama discusses whether or not Congress would be able to pass a budget and avoid another government shutdown. He explains that there is a very si...
Are MOOCs the Answer? Preserving the Value of Higher Education 23 Aug 2013 | 08:49 pm
President Obama is on fire to make higher education more available at a reasonable cost to more Americans. Addressing the faculty and students at the University of Buffalo on Thursday, he made a convi...
Income Based Repayment is a Blank Check for Law Schools 23 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm
The sad and sorry saga of income based repayment (IBR) continues. In the Chronicle of Higher Education, Jason Delisle and Alex Holt document the latest scandal, excerpts here: “One of the nation’s le...
Quick Hits (8.22.13) 23 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
Ranking for affordability. President Obama kicked off a four-city tour today in Buffalo, New York, to discuss his latest plans for higher education reform. Obama talked about the need to improve coll...
First Thoughts About the President’s New Higher Ed Plan 22 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
President Obama unveiled a new plan to make college more affordable today. A key piece is a new ratings system that will help determine federal funding for colleges. “To identify colleges for providi...
The Common Core and Common Sense 22 Aug 2013 | 06:38 pm
Common sense tells us that the Common Core State Standards are good for students. Higher standards for all are a good thing. What American would not get that? Apparently a lot. The latest Phi Delta K...
Waiver Wire: Pennsylvania’s ESEA Waiver Approved 22 Aug 2013 | 01:03 am
Yesterday, the Obama administration approved Pennsylvania’s No Child Left Behind (NCLB) flexibility request, making the grand total of states with approved waivers 41 plus D.C. In a recent Education ...
Quick Hits (8.21.13) 22 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
“If you want to play theme music at your convocation speech like a badass, we’re at Georgia Tech! We can do that!” A Georgia Tech student riles his classmates for the school year. And, yes, theme musi...
The Great Non-Finding: New York City Looks At Its Colleges of Education 21 Aug 2013 | 06:59 pm
Last Wednesday, the New York City Department of Education released its study of teacher education programs in the New York metropolitan area. The basic message: College and university teacher educatio...
