AM News: Education Peeks Out On The Campaign Trail
Obama Talks Waivers, Common Core on the Campaign Trail PoliticsK12: That changed yesterday in Nevada, when Obama gave what's probably his most significant speech on the issue during the campaign, bragging about everything from the administration's plan to offer states waivers from pieces of the No Child Left Behind law to the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
Duncan addresses Baltimore County teachers Baltimore Sun: In remarks that elicited applause from 800 Baltimore County English teachers, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday that teachers should earn more and there should be more focus on educating the whole child. Duncan addressed the ...
R.I. Education Commissioner Diagnosed with Brain Tumor State EdWatch: Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and will undergo surgery in September, according to the Associated Press. She is expected to have a full recovery, but will be working a limited schedule until her operation. After her surgery, her recovery is expected to take about two months, during which time Deputy Commissioner David V. Abbott will be serving in her place.
What we need are tests worth teaching to, to ensure that investments taxpayers are making on higher education are well spent on students likely to succeed in college and then to be sufficiently productive after graduating from college to compensate society for the investments made. Therefore I continue to promote the idea of an American Baccalaureate Certificate, which would provide Americans who have earned the certificate with free three-year bachelors' degrees at public universities and polytechnics, just as those who earn the exemplary European Baccalaureate are entitled to do in countries leading in higher education equity and access like Finland and the Netherlands. This will entail a broader curricular approach than we've had under No Child Left Behind, which has too often reduced education in this country to just reading and math.
Posted by: Bruce | August 24, 2012 at 10:55 AM
Well, I honestly have to admit, it won’t be hard to tout one’s own policy compares to Paul Ryan. The GOP pretty much has the idea that things were fine the way they were before the recession.
Posted by: Sarah | August 28, 2012 at 07:10 AM
And the free three-year degree concept is brilliant. I can’t think of a single downside, barring the usual “where does the money come from to pull this off”, the answer of course being to lower college costs in general. Actually, for-profit colleges in general need to die off now. The college I attend, VT Tech, is reasonably priced (under $16K per year), and they put all profits back into the student environment via scholarships and equipment, and it shows. On the other hand, the college my boyfriend attends, UVM, is disturbingly for-profit; despite asking close to $30K per student, some dorms are falling apart. The new president, on the other hand, lives in a house that is undergoing a multi-million renovation - $1.3 million and counting to be exact, far more than the $875k the university approved.
Posted by: Sarah | August 28, 2012 at 07:30 AM