Daily Policy Digest
Education Issues
| School Vouchers Work D.C. Opportunities Scholarship voucher recipients had graduation rates of 91 percent, compared to the D.C. public school average of 56 percent... |
| The Cost of the College Bubble From 1990 to 2010 college tuition and fees in the United States increased more than 286 percent... |
| Who Subsidizes Whom in Higher Education? Between 52 percent and 76 percent of all students attend institutions where educational payments exceed educational spending... |
| Washington's Role in Education In 2010 there were 151 K-12 and early childhood education programs housed in 20 federal agencies, averaging $55.6 billion annually... |
| How Much Is a Good Teacher Worth? Closing the education achievement gap with Finland would increase the annual growth rate of the United States by 1 percent of gross domestic product... |
| Rethinking School Reform A successful customized schooling model requires collecting and monitoring data in ways that reflect individual needs and performance, not merely those aggregated across large swaths of students... |
| College Pricing Undermines Financial Aid Financial aid is designed to increase access to higher education by lowing prices, but recent increases in aid have not improved affordability and have therefore not increased access... |
| Parents Deserve Voice in Child's Education For education to serve the public, it must give parents access to a variety of schools, not just government schools... |
| What Are University Endowments For? Many nonprofit colleges hold substantial funds in an "endowment" with no intention of ever spending any of the principal... |
| Vouchers Provide Win-Win Empirical evidence consistently shows that vouchers improve outcomes for both participants and public schools... |
