Daily Policy Digest
Education Issues
| Census Data Shows Inequality Linked to Education, Not Taxes Just 8 percent of those at the lowest income level have a college degree while 78 percent of those earning $250,000 or more have a college degree or advanced degree... |
| Student-Loan Debt Tops $1 Trillion The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau estimates total student debt outstanding appears to have surpassed $1 trillion late last year... |
| The Federal Student Loan Program Is Expensive In most years, taxpayers will spend about three times as much on the federal student loan program as they do guaranteeing home mortgages through the Federal Housing Administration... |
| Reducing Federal Aid Key to College Affordability Only 55 percent of first-time, full-time bachelor's degree seekers at public institutions finish their degree within six years... |
| Can Online Learning Reproduce the Full College Experience? With 58.5 percent of traditional college students opting to live at home, physical independence is no longer an integral component of the traditional college experience... |
| The Fiscal Effects of School Choice Programs on Public School Districts The low level of fixed costs undermines the argument made by those in opposition to school choice on fiscal grounds... |
| The Dangers of Legislating Education Policy from the Executive Branch The Obama administration's new waiver program offers states an enticing deal to escape the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, but at the risk of creating federal education policy chaos down the road... |
| Public Schools Sell Empty Classroom Seats Abroad Across the United States, public high schools in struggling small towns are putting their empty classroom seats up for sale to foreigners willing to pay as much as $30,000 for a year... |
| The Middle School Plunge Entering a middle school in sixth grade was found to increase the probability of early dropout by 18 percent... |
| Common Core Standards Will Be Expensive for the States Over a seven-year timespan the Common Core State Standards Initiative will cost states $15.8 billion, $10.5 billion of which will be upfront, one-time costs... |
