More Minnesota students go for high school-college twofer
\n(Minneapolis Star Tribune © 01/10/2012)
College-level courses in Minnesota high schools used to be reserved for the top ranks of students, but that's changing as more students seek to cash in on programs that will save them on tuition bills later.\n\n\nThis week, Irondale H");
document.write("igh School in New Brighton is showing off a new partnership with Anoka-Ramsey Community College that offers students "the opportunity to earn a two-year associate d...\n
A taste of college boosts success
\n(St. Paul Pioneer Press © 01/09/2012)
Even the smallest taste of college goes a long way toward improving the success of hig");
document.write("h school students at the collegiate level. \n\n\nThat belief is at the heart of a report released today by the Center for School Change, a Macalester College-based education reform advocate that's working to erase Minnesota's achievement gap and improve the educational attainment of residents.\n\n\n\"The point is to de...\n
Whose children have been left behind? Framing th");
document.write("e 2012 ed debate
\n(Washington Post © 01/03/2012) (Registration Required)\n
The battles over education policy that marked 2011 will continue, ever more heated, in the new year. As a starting point, and in honor of this Sunday’s 10th anniversary of the day when president George W. Bush signed No Child Left Behind into law, here is a speech written by education historian Diane Ravitch that addresses what is really at stake in the fight over how to fix troubled public ...\n
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document.write("Learning Curve by Beth Hawkins
\n(MinnPost © 12/17/2011)
The moral of this story: ?Tis definitely better to receive.\n\n\nThis morning, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that Minnesota is one of nine states that will get up to $100 million each to create high-quality pre-kindergarten systems for disadvantaged kids.\n\n\nThe ma");
document.write("ximum Minnesota is eligible for is $50 million over four year...\n
On higher ed, stick to the plan
\n(Minneapolis Star Tribune © 12/15/2011)
Counterpoint\n\n\nThe headline on a Dec. 4 commentary in the Star Tribune reads: "College is not always the ticket to success." Minnesota Public Radio airs a debate around the startling p");
document.write("roposition that "too many kids go to college."\n\n\nYet another commentary ("Those soaring college costs? Could be the subsidies," Dec. 11) suggests that tuition aid for low-income kids is ...\n
Class Matters. Why Won?t We Admit It?
\n(New York Times (State Version) © 12/12/2011) (Registration Required");
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Durham, N.C. \n\n\n\n\nNO one seriously disputes the fact that students from disadvantaged households perform less well in school, on average, than their peers from more advantaged backgrounds. But rather than confront this fact of life head-on, our policy makers mistakenly continue to reason that, since they cannot change the backgrounds of students, they should focus on things they can control...\n
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document.write("Michael Bastedo, Ph.D.: Let's Stop Celebrating College Dropouts
\n(Huffington Post © 12/09/2011)
By Michael Bastedo and Molly Ott\n\n\nRecently it has become very fashionable to glorify college dropouts. The late Steve Jobs, perhaps the best business leader of our era, dropped out of Reed College. Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Michael Dell, and Larry Ellison? All dropouts. And as we all saw in The Social Network, pretty much the entire founding cohort of Facebook left Harvard.\n\n\nThere's a real iss...\n
Duncan Speech: Beyond the Iron Triangle: Containing the Cost of College and Student Debt
\n(U.S. Department of Education Website © 12/07/2011)
It's great to be back at the FSA conference. \r\n\r\nI want to second Jim's remarks about the extraordinary job that financial aid administrators, working with the Obama Administration, have done to advance ac");
document.write("cess, affordability, and attainment in the last three years. The effort?and the results?have been remarkable.\r\n\r\nI'll talk more about that in a moment. But my chief message today is a sobering...\n
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