Category: Education

July 16, 2019

Regulation of non-public schools — specifically, Orthodox Jewish schools — by New York City and state is back in the news again amid reports that elite non-Jewish private schools are enlisting parents to press the government to back off. It’s […]

June 26, 2019

JP Morgan chief Jamie Dimon says we need to “fix the broken parts” of student lending in the United States, according to Yahoo Finance. “What we’ve done is a disgrace and its hurting America,” JP Morgan’s chief executive officer told […]

June 24, 2019

The crushing weight of Michelle Lannon’s college debt — almost $200,000 in federal loans and $15,000 in a private loan — haunts her until she goes to sleep. When her cellphone rings with an unknown number, which happens daily, she […]

April 26, 2019

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts and 2020 presidential candidate, released her proposal to erase a good portion of student loan debt and provide free public college. The plan, released earlier this week, was met with mixed reviews, with […]

February 19, 2019

West Virginia teachers and school workers are set to strike again, and this time it’s about school vouchers. A year after they walked out asking for higher wages and lower healthcare costs, the state’s teachers unions are set to strike […]

October 22, 2018

The economy is hot, hot, hot, isn’t it? Unemployment is historically low. The stock market is on a (mostly-uninterrupted) winning streak. Corporate earnings are booming. But ya know who’s not feeling that economic vitality? Parents, specifically at the moment every […]

July 2, 2018

Schools across the country are reassessing security measures in response to a wave of school shootings. They’re investing in video surveillance, entry control systems, lockdown training and armed police on site. And some are considering newer gadgets that claim to […]

May 21, 2018

McLOUD, Okla. — In many ways Oliver Prince is your typical, happy fifth-grader. He enjoys recess, gym class and time at school on the computer. But in one key way, he, along with the other 92 students at White Rock […]

February 6, 2018

Connecticut’s supreme court has struck down a lower-court ruling that deemed the state’s school spending formula and several associated education policies unconstitutional. That September 2016 ruling rocked the state’s political system for its sweeping condemnation of the state’s teacher-quality standards, […]

September 6, 2017

When the new federal education law passed in 2015 with language allowing states to set aside money for programs that target principals, teacher-leaders, principal-supervisors, and leadership development, many in the education-leadership community were ecstatic. It was the first time that […]