Student loans are back in the headlines as a result of some recent political wrangling.
Archive for the ‘Postsecondary Education’ Category
College Loans and High Schools
May 6th, 2012
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12 Must Read Articles on the Common Core
April 16th, 2012
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The following 12 articles are must reads for anyone interested in the implementation of the Common Core State Standards: Standards will shift teaching Teacher: Give Peas (and the Common Core Standards) a Chance Text Complexity 101 Text Complexity 102 Truth in numbers: Student proficiency in Ohio now and under the Common Core Curriculum impacts achievement! [...]
High School Honored for Gains in Access to AP classes
November 2nd, 2011
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Bloggers Note: I have often said that the principal is the “cork in the bottle.” Nothing happens in a school without the full, active support of the principal. Raising rigor and increasing the number of students enrolled in college-level courses requires a strong belief in the potential of the students, the capacity of the teachers [...]
A High Tolerance: Late Start Dates Hurt College-Bound Students
September 7th, 2011
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A late school start aimed at tourism revenue undermines the efforts of college-bound students and parents. After a friend of mine personally witnessed the horrific traffic in the Washington, D.C. area, he said, “the people here must have a really high tolerance for this craziness.”
Press Asks: Will kids blackmail teachers over standardized test scores?
June 5th, 2011
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Is the title of this Washington Post article a rhetorical question? Of course students will blackmail teachers and schools. I know they will because they already are holding teachers and schools hostage all over the country and the so-called experts don’t have a clue. Why? Because, while many states are perfectly willing to close schools, [...]
Perpetuating the Drift
January 31st, 2011
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by Stuart Singer, The Teacher Leader High schools in the United States must effectively deal with two simultaneous challenges. In addition to preparing a portion of their population to have the tools required to succeed immediately in the work force after graduation they must also equip the remainder of the student body to thrive on [...]
AP: Reinventing the Educational Wheel?
January 14th, 2011
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by Stuart Singer, The Teacher Leader Recently I was asked for my thoughts concerning the revisions being incorporated into the AP program. In the next few years several of these classes are going to undergo extensive changes. According to Christopher Drew in the New York Times “…many of the (AP) courses, particularly in the sciences [...]
Graduation Rate: The Good News
November 30th, 2010
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According to a report issued today by America’s Promise Alliance, over the last decade, the nation’s high schools have made significant progress in reducing dropouts and improving graduation rates. The report is part of "Grad Nation," which is part of a comprehensive, "10-year campaign to mobilize the nation as never before to reverse the dropout [...]
Math Pays
October 28th, 2010
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While some may question "how much math we really need," the numbers don’t lie. According to a Wall Street Journal article, the "starting pay of certain liberal arts majors generally clocks in well below that of graduates in engineering fields." "Graduates with engineering degrees earned average starting pay of $56,000 in their first full-time jobs [...]
The 20% Solution
October 28th, 2010
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20% of eighth graders are on target to graduate from high school 20% of students earn passing scores on AP exams 20% of students are prepared to enter the military 20% of students have the writing skills needed for college 20% of current ninth graders will graduate from college in 10 years "America has a [...]
