Looming Student Loan Interest Rate Hike: Prudent Next Steps
Next week, the House Education and the Workforce Committee will begin discussions about the interest rate on federal student loans, which is set to double… Read More
Next week, the House Education and the Workforce Committee will begin discussions about the interest rate on federal student loans, which is set to double… Read More
Thin Mints and Tagalongs might be a little hard to swallow now for those concerned with centralization of education—and now, civil society institutions. The Girl… Read More
Alabama has the opportunity to reclaim its education decision-making authority. It took the first steps toward doing so last week, when the Senate Education Committee… Read More
Yesterday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan testified before the House Appropriations Committee about Obama’s fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget request for the Department of Education. Congressman… Read More
MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry’s words in a new “Lean Forward” ad are breathtaking: We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids… Read More
It’s hard to overstate what an outstanding victory for school choice Indiana’s Supreme Court issued yesterday. Indiana’s highest court ruled unanimously in Meredith v. Pence… Read More
The Lone Star State is considering significantly expanding educational choice options for children. Under consideration: an elimination of the cap on charter schools (only 215… Read More
What pain has sequester wrought at the federal Department of Education? Apparently, not much. The 4,200-person agency has just hired a new “executive director of… Read More
The U.S. public education system has seen an enormous increase in staff over the past few decades. But unlike private companies, which base staffing decisions… Read More
During an interview on “Face the Nation” this past Sunday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan employed the Obama Administration’s Chicken Little sequester rhetoric, this time about… Read More