Daily Policy Digest
Education Issues
| Many Students Lack Basic Academic Skills to Succeed in College Remedial coursework is one of the largest interventions to help underprepared college students, costing $7 billion annually... |
| Five Reasons College Enrollments Might Be Dropping Fifty-three percent of recent college graduates are either unemployed or have low-paying or low-skilled jobs... |
| The Great Student Loan Giveaway If left unchanged, the income-based repayment program for student loans is set to provide huge financial windfalls to people who are among the most financially well-off graduates... |
| Whose School Buildings Are They, Anyway? Only 17 states provide some sort of direct aid for charter school facilities, whereas states give capital support to traditional school districts... |
| The Imaginary Teacher Shortage In 1970, public schools employed 2.06 million teachers, or one for every 22.3 students; in 2012, there are 3.27 million teachers, one for every 15.2 students... |
| Solving America's Math Problem Rather than promote equity in math, U.S. educators should tailor their curricula to fit the needs of the students... |
| Education Savings Accounts for Every American Family Mexico outperforms American schools that serve black and Hispanic students on points produced on a per-dollar basis... |
| Is the United States Catching Up? In 2010, just 6 percent of U.S. students performed at an advanced level in math... |
| Unintended Consequences of the Nation's Teacher Evaluation Binge Instead of controlling every step of implementation, policymakers should allow schools autonomy and the ability to innovate to allow a tailored approach to teacher evaluations... |
| Is College a Lousy Investment? Just as the housing market suffered from people that borrowed money to add "value" to their homes, so too will the market for higher education... |
