Daily Policy Digest
Education Issues
| Education in the Media, 2012: Hits and Misses The most important but neglected education stories in the media in 2012 included common core academic content for standards for English and mathematics, online or digital learning, and Louisiana's educational transformation... |
| What's Ahead for Education after the 2012 Election Following the 2012 election, there will be three major trends in education reform: reduced federal funding for K-12, a growing divide over education reform within the GOP, and the staying power of teachers unions... |
| The Rise of Faux Diversity In 80 percent of elite schools, racial preferences can give minority students an advantage equivalent to a 100 point increase in SAT scores... |
| School Reform, the Texas Way About 1.2 million students drop out of high school each year in the United States; 44 percent of the dropouts who are under age 24 are jobless... |
| Increases in Education Spending Do Not Result in Higher Academic Performance Federal spending has increased for elementary and secondary education programs; however, two-thirds of students still can't read or solve mathematical problems at grade level... |
| Focus on For-Profits in K-12 Education Misses the Real Divide Public education represents one of the least innovative sectors in the U.S. economy despite receiving $596 billion per year in public funds... |
| Federal Student Lending Swells Payments on 11 percent of student loan balances were 90 or more days behind in September, up from 8.9 percent at the end of June... |
| Funding Rules Test Schools The Karnes, Texas, school district has long been among the poorest in the state -- and it remains so, local officials say, even though an oil boom has sent property values surging eightfold in the past two years... |
| Five Pathways to Fundamentally Reshaping American Schooling Schools should function as a general contractor, bringing in different organizations that excel in teaching the various subjects... |
| School Leaders Matter Principals that have stayed at a low-performing school for more than six years have typically done a better job at increasing student performance... |
