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Temecula-based Context Schools Offers New Answers to the Education Dilemma
By Kerri S. Mabee School is out for thousands of Southwest Riverside students, but that doesn’t mean that parents aren’t already thinking ahead to the fall. That’s when roughly 245 middle-schoolers will fill the desks at a new Temecula charter school — Context Middle School. Founder Michele Smith, whose background in business has informed her … Continue reading
Perry’s Education Agenda: Too Small for Texas?
By Joy Pullman Chester Finn is right to bring up doubts about nationalizing Texas’s education policies, but unfortunately for the wrong reasons. Finn’s worry about national standards should apply more to his own views on federalizing education than to Gov. Rick Perry’s wish to free states from federal control. The real reason to doubt Perry’s … Continue reading
Texas Voters Want More Efficiency and Less Spending in Higher Ed
Voters want cost control for higher education By William Lutz The public wants more efficiency and less spending in higher education. “Texas voters want more value and higher quality teaching for the tax dollars they pay to support higher education,” said Justin Keener, TPPF vice president of policy and communications. “The results give lawmakers and university … Continue reading
AgCenter Preparing Rural Residents for Broadband Internet
BATON ROUGE, La., June 20 — The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news release: High-speed Internet connections are on the way to rural areas of Louisiana, and the LSU AgCenter will soon begin preparing rural residents for its arrival. LSU AgCenter family and consumer sciences agent Valerie Vincent explained the program at … Continue reading
Higher Education and Gold
MANY thanks to the commenters on yesterday’s post who suggested that the cost of higher education might be a good store of value against which to measure the progress of gold. As the passport to career success (although not for entrepreneurs) in the developed world, higher education does seem a pretty good indicator. Commonfund publishes … Continue reading
Are Big Donors Inspired by Politics or Ideology
Where Does the $ Go? By Charlotte Allen From reading news stories about multimillion-dollar gifts to universities, it’s easy to get the impression that the donors are mostly rich people with pronounced ideological agendas—or else they wouldn’t open their wallets so readily. In April 2010, for example, the billionaire-financier George Soros, known for his funding of … Continue reading
10 Things Fund-Raisers Won’t Say
By JAMI MAKAN 1. “We’re getting desperate.” Times are tough for fund-raisers and the nonprofits they serve. For decades American individuals and institutions have increased their annual donating by an average of about 3 percent. But in 2009 they gave $304 billion, 3.2 percent less than in 2008, the worst drop since the 1980s, according … Continue reading
ACT’s Validity Questioned
A new study has found that two of the four main parts of the ACT — science and reading — have “little or no” ability to help colleges predict whether applicants will success The analysis also found that the other two parts — English and mathematics — are “highly predictive” of college success. But because … Continue reading
Pencils Down. Time to See if You’re Right For the Job
By AUGUSTA DWYER Every year, air transport services operator NAV Canada receives a daunting number of online applications for one the world’s most demanding jobs: air traffic controller. The only requirements for the position are a high school diploma and Canadian citizenship or permanent resident status. As a result, the company receives more than 16,000 … Continue reading
Are Standardized Tests Helping our Kids Learn?
By Teresa Snow With competition from around the world, there’s more pressure on students in the US to achieve in the classroom. But can that success be measured by standardized testing? Or is the focus all wrong? In Monday’s Facebook story of the day we look at the value of teaching for success …on a test. … Continue reading
Academics Targeted for Men of Color
By James Vaznis The College Board unveiled an initiative at a forum at Harvard University yesterday to improve the academic achievement of young men of color, saying that bolstering their educational success should be a national priority. In making the announcement at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, the board … Continue reading
Making Headlines Since The ’70s: Is College Worth It?
Americans are counting their pennies these days, taking a close look at everything from the cost of milk to the cost of their mortgages. A college education is one investment under fire. Since World War II, owning a house and getting a college degree was the American dream, a sign that you have truly made … Continue reading
Surging College Costs Price Out Middle Class
What do you get when college costs skyrocket but incomes barely budge? Yet another blow to the middle class. “As the out-of-pocket costs of a college education go up faster than incomes, it’s pricing low and medium income families out of a college education,” said Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of financial aid sites FinAid.org and FastWeb.com. … Continue reading
UT – Buying Champagne on a Beer Budget
After receiving several extremely defensive emails from UT President William Powers Jr., I wanted to learn more about the higher education debate that has obviously struck a nerve and was seemingly being hurriedly swept under the rug. What I learned was pretty depressing. College tuition has been skyrocketing over the past decade, but Powers was … Continue reading
Seminar Addresses College Costs
A seminar entitled “How to Pay for College” was hosted recently by The Bank of New Canaan, featuring a presentation by financial adviser Charles Wareham of LPL Financial of Hartford. When describing the federal and state budget deficits, combined with the recently skyrocketing costs of college, Wareham said that college funding has become a “perfect … Continue reading
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- Rick Scott, Florida Governor, Cuts College Funding, Vetoes Unlimited Tuition Hike Bill
- La Raza Launches Campaign to Register Hispanic Voters
- Next Generation: What Does the Future Hold for Hispanic College Graduates?
- Luidia finds that tight budgets change, don’t eliminate tech implementations
- Romney’s Attack on Latinos Sends the Right Off a Cliff
- In our schools: Keys to helping non-native speakers learn
- Florida GOP moving forward with several bills to increase state funding for charter schools
- Jeb Bush foundation helps shape Florida education policy
- Latino swing voters and higher ed
- Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges – Tuition Increase
Americans For Prosperity – Texas
- Blogger provides fresh perspective of UT President Powers’ astroturf campaign to keep his job
- Texas primary ballot initiatives - non-binding polls
- Harmony Schools on CBS 60 Minutes - Turkish English teachers are needed
- School Board members censure fellow member - for dissent
- TPPF's Tom Lindsay and Maverick Owner Mark Cuban provide insight which could rock UT's ivory tower
- UT Regents Commended for Standing Up to Powers
- Texas to FWS: Leave Texas -- and the Lizard -- Alone
- San Antonio pushing almost $.5 Billion bond initiative
- AFP is the messenger of news Obama doesn't want out
- Local Governments Racking up Debt: House Ways & Means Committee Hearing - Testimony by Peggy Venable
Univision Austin
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- Las cuatro más bellas en bikini
- Jennifer López no usa sostén
- Las bodas más caras de la historia
- Importante cierre de autopista en Houston este fin de semana
- "Tiempo de Danzón" en Dallas
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- Permiten cazar con silenciador en Texas
Times of Florida
- Rick Scott, Florida Governor, Cuts College Funding, Vetoes Unlimited Tuition Hike Bill
- La Raza Launches Campaign to Register Hispanic Voters
- Next Generation: What Does the Future Hold for Hispanic College Graduates?
- Luidia finds that tight budgets change, don’t eliminate tech implementations
- Romney’s Attack on Latinos Sends the Right Off a Cliff
- In our schools: Keys to helping non-native speakers learn
- Florida GOP moving forward with several bills to increase state funding for charter schools
- Jeb Bush foundation helps shape Florida education policy
- Latino swing voters and higher ed
- Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges – Tuition Increase
AgendaWise Reports
- Speaker Struas stragglers marked
- Murphy Turner connected to shadow PACs
- Trina Lanza on her priorities for the 83rd Legislature
- Diane Patrick on her priorities for the 83rd Legislature
- Straus the weak
- Diane Patrick on her vote for speaker
- Trina Lanza on her vote for speaker
- Vicki Truitt’s Trouble
- Mark Shelton on the expansion of gambling
- Mark Shelton on his priorities for the 83rd Legislature
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Freedomworks.org Texas
- Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey endorses Matt Beebe for State Representative in Texas House District 121
- FreedomWorks Grassroots Training in Round Rock, Tx on Feb. 18th
- FreedomWorks Grassroots Events in Texas - January 2012
- FreedomWorks grassroots training in Shreveport, Louisiana on Oct. 8th!
- Another One Bites the (Fracking) Dust
- In the Shadow of the Senate: A New Tax Emerges
- Join FreedomWorks and local Houston-area groups for grassroots training on July 16th
- Texas to TSA: "Come and Take It."
- Join FreedomWorks and Houston Tea Party on July 16th!
- The Light Bulb Resistance Movement
Freedomworks.org Florida
- CPAC Florida Recap
- Champions of Freedom Rout Competition in Florida
- Champions of Freedom Rout Competition in Florida
- FreedomWorks Kicks Off 'Give Us Liberty' Tour in Florida this week!
- What Do Rep. Allen Boyd's (D-FL) Constituents Think About Health Care Vote?
- Florida State Legislature is Back, and So Is the Need for Insurance Reform
- Florida State Legislature is Back, and So Is the Need for Insurance Reform
- Woman's year-ago protest launched tea party movement in Florida
STEM
- STEM Ed Update: Sign-on Letter on Federal Budget, Upcoming Events, NEW STEM Reports
- Coalition Issues Core Policy Principles for 2012
- Coalition Testifies to House Approps on NSF’s Education Programs
- Quotes on STEM Education from the 2/28 House Markup of ESEA Legislation
- The White House Invites You to Join on a Budget Call to Discuss STEM Education
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