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Can Obama Help Make College Affordable?
Written by Matthew C. Keegan President Obama’s State of the Union speech on Jan. 24, 2012, covered a number of topics. Higher education was one of his themes.
Higher Education Needs a Complete Overhaul – BY Neil Snyder
In an article for today’s FrontPage Magazine titled “Schools of Education: The Academic Slums,” Walter Williams was right on the money. Speaking about schools of education, he said,
15 Surprising Side Effects of Rising College Costs
It’s hard to miss talk about rising college costs these days. It’s plastered all over newspapers and websites, and has been at the center of much political debate over the past month, especially in response to President Obama announcing a new plan to help grads better cope with student debt. And it’s not a discussion … Continue reading
Centralized Exit Examinations and US Education Reform
Judd Barrof, St. John’s University School of Law Class of 2012, is the author of the first article in a ten part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development under the direction of Professor Leonard Baynes. Barrof writes on reforming US education policy through the introduction of high school … Continue reading
The Global Search for Education: More Focus on Change
Written by Linda Darling-Hammond and C. M. Rubin Early Steps to School Success, Save the Children US Programs (photo: Rick D’Elia) “I saw crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and white children alike” – President Barack Obama, 2008 Change is painful. Change takes time. Change is trial and error, but isn’t … Continue reading
Creating the High Schools of the Future
By Gaston Caperton President, College Board from Huffington post One of the problems with education reform is that US high schools operate under ambiguous orders. On the surface, there seems to be a shared vision. A recent Gallup poll echoed President Obama’s sentiments when it found that nearly all Americans (84 percent) agree that “high … Continue reading
Obama Should Tout the Fight for Education
DeWayne Wickham is a columnist for USA Today. Russlynn Ali came here to the National Association of Black Journalists convention to talk about the black-white achievement gap in public education, but what she had to say could also help close the achievement gap that worries Barack Obama’s key supporters. Ali has spent most of her … Continue reading
Republicans’ Big Problem in 2012 — Hispanics
By Andres Oppenheimer aoppenheimer@MiamiHerald.com Despite the avalanche of bad news for President Barack Obama, he remains the most likely winner of the 2012 elections. That’s the conclusion I reached after watching the top Republican presidential hopefuls in recent weeks, as they started in earnest the race for their party’s nomination. They have taken such a … Continue reading
Despite Bachmann’s Success, the Real GOP Race is Now Perry vs. Romney
By Beth Reinhard Texas Gov. Rick Perry announces that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in Charleston, South Carolina. Until now, the biggest question looming over the 2012 Republican primary was who would emerge as the leading alternative to the nominal front-runner, Mitt Romney. We now know the answer to that question: Rick Perry. … Continue reading
Doom and Gloom Won’t fix America’s Problems
By Jeff Mullin, columnist Enid News and Eagle What is wrong with America? It’s a question many people are asking these days as the nation’s standing as the world’s dominant economy seems to be slipping. So, what is wrong with America? We owe way more money than we can ever hope to pay back. Our … Continue reading
Why I’m More Interested in Learning Than Reform
By Tom Vander Ark edReformer.com, LearnCapital.com Summer education politics are unusually interesting this year with what Rick Hess called Duncan’s Backdoor Blueprint. As is typical, Andy Rotherham’s more measured annotated take adds detail. Hess responds with a clever (and frightening) future take exploring the Duncan Precedent. Rick and Andy are closer to this debate than … Continue reading
Rick Perry Heads to Iowa as GOP Presidential Landscape Changes Dramatically
By Rick Dunham. He is the Washington bureau chief of the Houston Chronicle and Hearst Newspapers. He created Texas on the Potomac in 2007. A day after upstaging a venerable Iowa straw poll by announcing his candidacy in South Carolina, Texas Gov. Rick Perry flew to the Hawkeye State today to court Iowans and blunt … Continue reading
What Would Perry Say?
We think if Perry would have been in the debate last night he would have talked about jobs and education. We do know for sure it would have been a pretty spirited event. What do you think? Read the following article by Michael Scherer to see the colorful characters in the GOP eight-candidate Republican debate. … Continue reading
Romney on the Offensive
Improving the quality of teachers is the best way to improve education, along with rewarding the “best and brightest” among them. By Robert Michaelson The Republican presidential candidate went after Obama’s policies that he believes weakened our economy. Mitt Romney pulled no punches at a town hall meeting last night in Nashua, where he criticized … Continue reading
Perry’s Busy Schedule Signals his Political Plans, Aides Say. By Dave Montgomery
By Dave Montgomery AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry appears to be bounding toward a full-scale plunge into the 2012 presidential race with visits to two early battleground states this week, where he is likely to tout Texas’ robust economic growth and job creation while President Barack Obama struggles against an onslaught of bad economic news. … Continue reading
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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
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
- Lo Más Hot de Texas
- 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
- Acudió a Walmart por cambio de aceite y salió con símbolos satánicos en su auto
- 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
Texas Insider
- Grass-Roots Politics: GOP-USA’s Bobby Eberle Talks GOP Politics
- Texas Unemployment Rate Down to 6.9%
- Boehner to Obama on Deficit War: ‘This Is a Line in the Sand’
- Catholic University Students Casualties Of ObamaCare
- Myth Busted: Vaccinations Are Not Immunizations
- Romney to Inch Closer to Clinching Party Nod
- Catholic Student’s Losing Coverage due to ObamaCare Mandates
- Home Loans for Veterans in Texas
- Administration Approves Nomination of Houston Police Officer as U.S. Marshall for the Southern District of Texas
- How the Gay-Marriage Mob Slimed Manny Pacquiao
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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