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How Much Higher Education Costs Taxpayers

Cindy — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:13:35 +0000

The price of public universities is underwritten by subsidies received through direct government appropriations, but information on the distribution of those subsidies across schools is usually buried in obscure reports. A new study by Mark Schneider, a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and Jorge Klor de Alva, president of the Nexus Research and [...]

White House promises, then retracts, 400,000 teachers

Cindy — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:01:20 +0000

The 400,000 number is included in a Tuesday White House report titled “Teacher Jobs at Risk.” It was released a few hours before President Barack Obama was scheduled to use a campaign trail speech in Texas to demand GOP support for his $447 billion “American Jobs Act” stimulus-bill.

“The president’s plan will more than offset [...]

White House Rules by Fiat Once Again

Cindy — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:27:03 +0000

It’s a story we’ve heard before. Where President Obama can’t legislate, he will use executive branch action to accomplish his agenda. In the past, he has applied that tactic in the auto bailout, EPA regulations, and Obamacare. Now he’s using this approach to remake No Child Left Behind (NCLB)—the most significant [...]

Lone Finalist Named PTISD Superintendent of Schools

Cindy — Tue, 31 May 2011 21:44:24 +0000

After a nearly three-month intensive selection and interview process, the Pine Tree ISD Board of Trustees named, Dr. Teresa J. Farler as the lone finalist for Superintendent of Pine Tree schools during a special meeting held at noon on May 19th. Continue reading…

America Spends More on Education, Gets Worse Outcomes

Cindy — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:22:31 +0000

While students in many developed nations have been learning more and more over time, American 15-year-olds are stuck in the middle of the pack in many fundamental areas, including reading and math.

This is according to the recently released Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Program for International Student Assessment scores that measures educational [...]

Texans Move to Nullify Federal Education?

Cindy — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 04:41:47 +0000

A new article in The Austin-American Statesman reports that Cynthia Dunbar, a member of the Texas State Board of Education, has introduced a new bill to the board that would nullify the Federal Board of Education’s claim to authority in Texas. The resolution posted by The Statesman reads as follows:

The resolution posted by The [...]

The GOP’s Education Dilemma

Cindy — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 02:13:02 +0000

The federal government has ballooned into the all-powerful education behemoth that the GOP long feared, says Diane Ravitch, a research professor of education at New York University.

The trouble started with No Child Left Behind (NCLB), which decreed that all students, in all states, must be proficient on state tests in reading and mathematics by [...]

Federal Overreach into American Higher Education

Cindy — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:54:36 +0000

If allowed to take effect, three regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of Education will raise costs for students and limit their educational opportunities. These regulations would require state authorization of higher education institutions, impose gainful employment requirements, and dictate a one-size-fits-all definition of a credit hour. Instead of restricting competition in higher education [...]

College Dropouts Cost Taxpayers Billions

Cindy — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:43:25 +0000

Dropping out of college after a year can mean lost time, burdensome debt and an uncertain future for students. Now there’s an estimate of what it costs taxpayers. And it runs in the billions. States appropriated almost $6.2 billion for four-year colleges and universities between 2003 and 2008 to help pay for the education [...]

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TOP 10 EDUCATION STORIES OF 2011

How Much Higher Education Costs Taxpayers

White House promises, then retracts, 400,000 teachers

White House Rules by Fiat Once Again

Lone Finalist Named PTISD Superintendent of Schools

America Spends More on Education, Gets Worse Outcomes

Texans Move to Nullify Federal Education?

The GOP’s Education Dilemma

Federal Overreach into American Higher Education

College Dropouts Cost Taxpayers Billions