by Jeff Bryant | Jul 7, 2014 | Blog, Education
Meeting at their annual convention in Denver, members of the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union, have passed a resolution calling for the resignation of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. As first reported by the Associated...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 2, 2014 | Blog, Education
This act is wearing thin. As implementations of Common Core State Standards falter around the country, supporters of the new academic benchmarks continue a sort of dog-and-pony show to reinforce the message to "stay the course." The latest such example came from the...
by Editors | Jun 27, 2014 | Education, Jobs and Growth
An African-American millennial on average needs to have an associate’s degree in order to have the same chance of being employed as a white person who only has a high school diploma. This fact is simply shocking. Only 74 percent of black high school graduates have...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 26, 2014 | Blog, Education
When politicians and pundits take to the barricades to defend "wonderful charter schools," is this what they're thinking of? A recent article in a Minnesota newspaper reported about a change in state law that could imperil the existence of a charter school that serves...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 20, 2014 | Blog, Education
An interesting twist in the ever-fascinating narrative of Republican politics unfolded in Mississippi this month when political operatives in the campaign to reelect U.S. Senator Thad Cochran to another term attacked their primary challenger for wanting to "deeply cut...
by Editors | Jun 16, 2014 | Education
[fve]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7FbqmqdzDc[/fve] A petition drive that drew more than 300,000 signatures in support of a student loan refinancing bill was not enough to prevent a Senate filibuster of the bill, but supporters of the effort are continuing the...
