Daily Policy Digest
Education Issues
| Public Colleges Spend Six Times More on Athletes Spending per athlete totaled $92,000 for academic institutions in the Football Bowl Subdivision while spending on full-time students' education was less than $14,000... |
| Expansion of Arizona's School Voucher System Takes Effect Arizona's school voucher program has been expanded from only including disabled children to include children that go to schools receiving a D or F letter grade... |
| Are Sleepy Students Learning? The general rule of thumb is that adolescents should be getting about eight or nine hours of sleep; under this measure, only 8 percent of teens report optimal sleep... |
| High-Profile Studies Overrate Going to College and Picking the Right Major Only 58 percent of new college students that started in 2004 graduated in six years... |
| 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... |
