Daily Policy Digest
Education Issues
| Is the United States Catching Up? In 2010, just 6 percent of U.S. students performed at an advanced level in math... |
| Unintended Consequences of the Nation's Teacher Evaluation Binge Instead of controlling every step of implementation, policymakers should allow schools autonomy and the ability to innovate to allow a tailored approach to teacher evaluations... |
| Is College a Lousy Investment? Just as the housing market suffered from people that borrowed money to add "value" to their homes, so too will the market for higher education... |
| Student Loans: Debt for Life In 2010, student debt exceeded credit card debt for the first time; on average, two-thirds of college graduates ended up with student loan debt of $25,000... |
| The High Cost of College: An Economic Explanation First degree price discrimination occurs when producers learn what each customer is willing and able to pay, thus allowing producers to set individual prices, thereby eliminating competition... |
| College Is No Place for Remedial Education At four-year colleges, about a fifth of all students are in remedial courses... |
| Game Changer Social learning reduces pressures on both families and educators because of the reduced costs and ease of access... |
| College May Never Be the Same Massive Open Online Courses offer the possibility for people around the world to get quality education at little to no cost... |
| A Degree Teachers Can Do Without Removing the requirement for teachers to get a master's degree allows lawmakers to improve the quality of education without changing the current education budget... |
| Putting the Punch in Parent Power Teacher unions, with their strong mobilization and organization have long been able to influence elections -- union-endorsed incumbents have a 92 percent rate of reelection... |
