by Jeff Bryant | Mar 26, 2015 | Blog, Education
It's been nearly two years since the Education Opportunity Network, with the Opportunity to Learn campaign and the Campaign for America's Future, published the Education Declaration to Rebuild America. As The Washington Post reported at the time, "The document offers...
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 25, 2015 | Blog, Education
Be afraid, be very afraid, any time you see a reporter in the business media turn his or her attention to education and public schools. What will likely follow is a string of truisms used to prop up a specious argument, steeped in biased notions that were themselves...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 25, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Education, Jobs and Growth
Republicans in Congress today will vote on budget proposals that are essentially meaningless, except that they lay out how the GOP would like to structure federal policy and priorities. The White House has its own fact sheet about the House Republican budget. The...
by Roger Hickey | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog, Education
The following are statements issued by the U.S. Student Association and the Education Trust. From: Maxwell Love, President, U.S. Student Association Alexandra Flores-Quilty, Vice President, U.S. Student Association FRIDAY, MARCH 20th, 2015 As you might have heard,...
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 19, 2015 | Blog, Education
A nationwide rebellion to K-12 education policies that emerged in the spring of 2013 brought to the fore widespread grievances that students, parents, teachers, and citizens have with top down mandates that are ruining public schools. This Education Spring was fueled...
by Mary Green Swig | Steven L. Swig | Richard Eskow | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog, Education
MaryGreenSwig Steven L.Swig RichardEskow Last month the “Corinthian 15,” in collaboration with the Debt Collective, announced that they would not pay the debts they had accrued while enrolled at schools run by the for-profit corporation called “Corinthian Colleges...
