Daily Policy Digest
Education Issues
| 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... |
| Education Savings Accounts Parents in Arizona can use education savings accounts much like health savings accounts to pay for a variety of expenses, such as tutoring, private school tuition and online classes... |
| The Best Teachers in the World Statistical analysis has shown little difference in results from teachers with and without certification... |
| The Impact of Year-Round Schooling on Academic Achievement Research has found that it isn't the amount of time that a student is in school, but rather the amount of learning that takes place... |
| We Need a Brand New K-12 System The education system's addiction to cash and its assumption that nothing can be done differently without additional resources has impaired necessary progress... |
| As Digital Learning Draws New Users, Transformation Will Occur It is vital that online learning develops within a newly imagined regulatory structure that puts students and their intellectual pursuits at the center... |
