Down the Financial-Aid Hole
Two articles in the Chronicle of Higher Education today illustrate the complicated, head-spinning world of financial aid. First, the White House issued a response yesterday to the Democrat’s proposed...
View ArticleThe Bland Accuracy of the GAO
Today the GAO released an evaluation of District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). Long known as one of the worst-performing districts in the country, it has been the site of radical change in the...
View ArticleViolating Incentives
One of the biggest ongoing fights involving the U.S. Department of Education and for-profit colleges is over what compensation strategies these schools may use to pay their recruiters and admissions...
View ArticleUpdated: Bullets, Sweated
I’m friends with Andrew Kelly–he and co-wrote a report last March–and I’m a fan of Rick Hess’ work, but I was disappointed with their op-ed in today’s InsideHigherEd about the GAO’s report on...
View ArticleNew GAO Report Finds Waste In Federal Teacher Quality Programs
A new GAO report looking at government waste doesn’t spare education: Specifically, GAO identified 82 distinct programs designed to help improve teacher quality, either as a primary purpose or as an...
View ArticleQuick Hits 8.4.11
This summer the teachers are the exchange students. 176 Chinese teachers are in Los Angeles preparing to teach Mandarin in schools across America. One trainee’s strategy: “”If I am kind to them,...
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