Daily Policy Digest
Education Issues
| A Whirlwind of Education Reform in Indiana Eighty-five to 90 percent of students taking advantage of the school voucher program in Indiana come from households that qualify for free lunches... |
| Capturing the Dimensions of Effective Teaching Comprehensive tests that are not centered on multiple choice questions would better flesh out teachers' overall impact on students' learning and better predict future results... |
| D.C. Charter Schools Fight Second-Class Status The four-year high school graduation rate is 80 percent for Washington, D.C., charter schools compared to 60 percent for the District's public school system... |
| The Past and Future of Higher Education Finance From 2006 to 2009, the percentage of students defaulting on their loans rose from 5.2 percent to 8.8 percent... |
| To Train Teachers, a New Lesson Plan While the past decade has changed how teachers give instruction under No Child Left Behind, little has changed as far as teacher training has gone... |
| Solving America's Mathematics Education Problem Attempts to bridge the gap between low- and high-aptitude math students comes at the expense of furthering the education of high performers... |
| Student Loans and College Affordability Despite the rising cost of higher education, the federal government has pursued more actions that subsidize college education through loans and grants... |
| College Debt Hits Well-Off Households with annual incomes of $94,535 to $205,335 saw the biggest jump in the percentage with student-loan debt from 2007 to 2010, the latest figures available... |
| The College-Cost Calamity Long-term debt at not-for-profit universities in America has been growing at 12 percent a year... |
| Public Schools and Money Inflation-adjusted per-pupil school spending has increased over the last century by, on average, 2.3 percent per year... |
