Daily Policy Digest
Education Issues
| More Teachers Are Grouping Kids by Ability Between 1998 and 2009, the percentage of fourth grade teachers who said they created ability-based reading groups jumped from 28 percent to 71 percent... |
| Colleges Offer Deals to Lure New Students Spring Arbor University in Michigan agreed in February to pick up a portion of tuition costs for students working 30 hours per week and making less than $37,000 following graduation... |
| Case for Universal Preschool Lacks Compelling Evidence Oklahoma went from being 24th in the country in graduation rates in 1998 when it implemented universal preschool to 25th in the country in 2012; Georgia from 46th in 1995 to 45th in 2012... |
| Harlem Children's Zone Brings Progress and Hope Ninety-five percent of seniors in Harlem Children's Zone after-school programs were accepted into college... |
| School Choice Essential Element in Learning The public school system tries to address student diversity by creating options within large, mall-like campuses, says John Merrifield, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis... |
| Increased Higher Education Spending Benefits Construction In 2012, $3.7 billion worth of student housing projects traded hands, which was double the previous year's total... |
| Texas Voucher Program Increased Local Development Edgewood Independent School District started a voucher program in 1998 and saw an increase in enrollment in 2002 of 3.5 percent, its first increase in enrollment in many years, says John Merrifield, a senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis... |
| No Substitute for a Teacher Nationally, 36 percent of teachers are absent more than 10 days per year... |
| Obama's Misguided Education Policy Fourteen years after Oklahoma implemented universal preschool, its fourth grade reading score is down 10 points on the National Assessment Education Progress report card... |
| Student-Loan Delinquencies Soar Thirty-five percent of people under age 30 who have student loans were at least 90 days late on their payments at the end of last year, up from 26 percent in 2008 and 21 percent at the end of 2004... |
