Education (May 2012)

Education reform action needed now
Michelle Rhee - 05/08/12 05:59 PM ET

November is nearing, and around the country candidates are courting voters.

Patchwork of accountability could leave students behind
Margaret Spellings - 05/08/12 05:56 PM ET

Policymakers on both sides of the aisle are taking to the airwaves, urging a return to local control of education. Some have even suggested that No Child Left Behind (NCLB) ushered in a “one size fits all” approach to education with little or no flexibility.

Cutting dropout rate in our schools starts on Day One
Rep. Dale Kildee (D-Mich.) - 05/08/12 05:53 PM ET

I remember a time when someone could drop out of high school one day and start work on the assembly line at General Motors the next day and make a good living.

Student loans latest casualty of politics
Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) - 05/08/12 05:48 PM ET

Since our economic downturn, college graduates have suffered tremendously, experiencing fewer and fewer job opportunities.

To fix student loans, respect education
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) - 05/08/12 05:46 PM ET

The House Republican majority recently passed a budget that deeply slashes Pell Grants for nearly 10 million college students and allows student loan interest rates to double in July.

The bullying epidemic: What’s next
Rep. Mike Honda 
(D-Calif.) - 05/08/12 05:41 PM ET

In 2012, more than 13 million children will be teased, taunted and physically assaulted by their peers, making bullying the most common form of violence our nation’s youth experience this year.

 
 

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