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Unintended Consequences of True School Choice I always try to make it a point to see both sides of an education issue, and as Project Runway host Tim Gunn always tells his fashion designer cast, try to make it work The concept of true school choice fits that challenge Citizens Owe Our Soldiers a New G.I. Bill I have a novel in editing, a story of a college administration in the aftermath of the murder of a US A Bill to Protect Military Recruiters I am completing Defending College Heights, a novel about an Irish Catholic family and a college administration in the aftermath of the murder of a US Do Graduation Reporting Standards Mean Anything? Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings introduced new proposed regulations to help clarify how schools, districts and states implement policies and business practices under No Child Left Behind Among these proposals, Secretary Spellings has asked that high schools be required to use graduation rates that track cohorts of students as they progress through high school Endowment Tax is Unsound Public Policy I just read in the May 19 Christian Science Monitor that a Massachusetts legislator proposes a 25 percent tax on college endowments over $1 billion Comics For Extra Credit - Part 2 My first post about comics as an educational aid generated an interesting response — from the managing director of Classical Comics, a comic book company in the United Kingdom Not to be confused with Classic Comics, often teasingly referred to as a study guide for college literature classes here in the State, Classical Comics turns classical literature into high-quality visual graphic novels Caleb's Choice During the last weekend in April, West Point cadet Caleb Campbell was drafted to serve in a different Army He was selected in the seventh and final round of the National Football League (NFL) draft A Student Government Election Made For TV - The Sequel This day, May 6, 2008, I spot a front page headline in my local New Jersey paper, The Trenton Times that reads: Ewing HS vote is void a second time A New Jersey Student Government Election Made For The Screen This day, April 29, 2008, I spot a front page headline in my local New Jersey paper, The Trenton Times that reads: Students kept off ballot: District to explore race factor while rescheduling vote Our local races for school board took place last week, so I thought this was an aftermath The Cristo Rey Model Is More Than A Dream Shortly after I heard about President Bush's proposal for Pell Grants for low-income children to attend parochial schools, I finished reading More than a Dream: The Christo Rey Story, a inspirational book about the founding of the first Christo Rey Jesuit high school in Chicago's Pilsen/Little Village neighborhood Want To Teach Intelligent Design? Put It In A History Class In 1980, the Reagan Revolution meant not only a reconsideration of sex education, but also a reconsideration of the theory of evolution Back then, the alternative theory was called creationism or scientific creationism; today it's called intelligent design Summit On Faith Based Schools More Powerful Than Money During his final State of the Union Address, President Bush announced two proposals for faith-based schools; one, a grants program for low-income students similar to Pell Grants for college students, and the other a national Presidential summit on faith-based education The summit is more important than the grants program Reading Is Fundamental Does Not Deserve A Reduction In Force On February 12, the true Lincoln's Birthday, I read in USA Today that the Bush Administration proposes to eliminate Federal funding for Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), a non-profit program that has distributed 325 million new books to more than 30 million children over the past 42 years RIF has been a popular program on both sides of the political aisle Should TV Bring Back Room 222? Every profession could use a good TV show to help it flourish in tough times With No Child Left Behind, maybe teachers need one more than ever What Happens When There’s No Public School Choice? I marveled at the size of Trenton Central High School when I toured the facility on a public tour It is 380,000 square feet; to put that in perspective, imagine three anchor stores in a suburban shopping center stacked one atop the other The Rutgers 1000 Is Baaaack! I have lived in New Jersey practically all of my life The Garden State has been in fiscal crisis practically all of my academic life and my working life Rutgers To Reorganize Alumni Association For The Better From time to time, I write about Rutgers, the state university I know best Rutgers is a very good school; U An Honor Roll, Not A Watch List, For Colleges Members of Congress on the House committee on education have come up with an absolute bonehead idea: to publish a "watch list" of schools that have increased tuition at rates higher than inflation I am surprised when members of the House speak of reigning in college costs with measures such as this, when they fail to do the same for health care Tales Of Two Harvards Journalist Hanna Rosin has written God's Harvard, a wonderful book about Patrick Henry College, a Christian school that its chancellor calls "a Harvard for the home-schooled" Rosin, who has covered religion and politics for the Washington Post, has crafted an insightful — some of more moderate or liberal political persuasions might find scary — story of a relatively new institution, one that has a mission of preparing an "evangelical elite" for political leadership Colleges Make Web-Based Response To College Rankings Americans love rankings; educated consumers want to know what's the best on the market for autos, electronics, airline services, and hotels among other things Educated businesspeople take high rankings seriously, loudly shouting independent praises through their advertising
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