Interesting article by Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi argues that the idea that the middle class is overspending itself into debt is a myth. Instead, they try to show that a key reason so many middle-class folks are over-leveraged is because of home costs linked to good schools:Why such...
Achievement Gap and National GDP: Fantasy or Fact?
This recent NY Times article reports on a study that argues:[If US] achievement gaps [of poor and minority students] were closed, the yearly gross domestic product of the United States would be trillions of dollars higher, or $3 billion to $5 billion more per day.Looking at the actual study, however,...
States Slashing Social Programs for Vulnerable
Schools are going to be facing enormous pressures as poverty and suffering increases. As usual, those who are in the worst shape are facing the most dire circumstances. From the New York Times:Battered by the recession and the deepest and most widespread budget deficits in several decades, a large...
Education - Mayoral control is NOT the answer
cross posted from Daily KosI was not a supporter of the selection of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education, but I was willing to withhold judgment, to see where he would attempt to take the nation in education policy. I thought perhaps policy might be made in the White House, with him serving as the...