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K-12 Comp Sci Offerings on the Decline Nationwide

K-12 Comp Sci Offerings on the Decline Nationwide

This week, students in classrooms throughout America – including many right here in Houston – will be answering the challenge to complete an “Hour of Code” as part of Computer Science Education Week, an annual event championing computer science in K-12. Given the ascendance of computer science as an industry,Read More

The Present and Future of No Child Left Behind

The Present and Future of No Child Left Behind

Education News, Policy, Research, & Analysis December 3, 2014 at 8:30 am

Remember No Child Left Behind, the comprehensive education reform passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in 2002? I wouldn’t blame you for forgetting. While the law is still on the books, most states (including Texas) have obtained waivers allowing them to bypass the program’s toughest regulations. The original stated purpose ofRead More

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UT regents force Powers to step down

College, Education News July 10, 2014 at 7:07 pm

University of Texas at Austin Present Bill Powers has agreed to step down next year, ending a years-long struggle between him and the UT-system’s governor-appointed Board of Regents. Powers offered to resign next June 2 after UT system’s Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa threatened to force him out during a July 4Read More

Obama eases college debt burden for some borrowers

Obama eases college debt burden for some borrowers

College, Collegiate, Education News June 10, 2014 at 12:52 pm

On Monday, President Obama signed a new executive order intended to ease debt burdens for 5 million students. The centerpiece of the initiative will allow students to cap their monthly payment of Federal direct student loans to 10 percent of their annual income under a program called “Pay As YouRead More

Montessori schooling may advantage low-income Latinos

Montessori schooling may advantage low-income Latinos

National K-12, Policy, Research, & Analysis June 6, 2014 at 11:49 am

Montessori-style programs have long been a popular choice among upper-class parents for their children,  but recent research suggests that Montessori-style pre-kindergarten may particularly beneficial for low-income Latino children – especially for acquiring language skills. Ayra Ansari of UT-Austin and Adam Winsler of George Mason University examined 13,000 low-income black andRead More

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HISD redistributes some Vanguard funding in 2014-15 budget proposal

Education News, HISD, Houston Schools May 14, 2014 at 9:27 pm

According its recent budget proposal, The Houston Independent School District will eliminate local magnet funding for its Vanguard schools that serve gifted and talented students in the district. The $3 million will be redistributed among zoned non-magnet schools to expand programming. “There are some schools that don’t receive any fundingRead More

Federal budget cuts force student loan fee hikes

Federal budget cuts force student loan fee hikes

College, Collegiate, Education News May 7, 2014 at 3:56 pm

Sequestration cuts from the Budget Control Act of 2011 will continue to bite students and parents borrowing to pay for college, according to a report from Clare McCann at Forbes Magazine. The Federal Department for Education announced today that student loan origination fees will slightly increase for all loans takenRead More

Putting “failing schools” in context

Putting “failing schools” in context

At the beginning of January, the Texas Education Agency issued its new statewide summary of schools that failed to meet state standards for 2013 and whose students are eligible to seek transfer under the state Public Education Grant program. The feature of the summary that grabbed the most headlines wasRead More

HISD merit pay tracks socioeconomic status

HISD merit pay tracks socioeconomic status

On January 31, the Houston Independent School District announced annual instructor bonuses through its ASPIRE program, a merit pay program for teachers funded through state and federal grants and partly through local funds. Statistical analysis suggests that schools with the highest bonuses on average were wealthier, whiter and more selectiveRead More

SOTU outlines modest ed plans

SOTU outlines modest ed plans

Collegiate, Education News, National K-12 January 30, 2014 at 1:35 pm

During his fifth State-of-the-Union address on Jan. 28, President Obama announced no major new educational initiatives. Instead, he spent the modest amount of time he dedicated to education highlighting and defending his existing record on education, Obama also announced several modest expansions of existing programs and encouraged Congress to takeRead More

Houston mascot policy mirrors changing attitudes

Houston mascot policy mirrors changing attitudes

Collegiate, Houston Schools, National K-12 January 15, 2014 at 5:47 pm

When the Houston Independent School District Board of Trustees tentatively voted to ban the use of racially based mascots and nicknames at its schools during its Dec. 15 meeting, its actions joined a several-decade old trend of American schools and sports franchises de-emphasizing or eliminating logos and nicknames associated withRead More

College Rankings Are Inaccurate Measures of Success

College Rankings Are Inaccurate Measures of Success

College October 8, 2013 at 4:35 pm

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels went on Chuck Todd’s The Daily Rundown this morning to express his concerns over university rankings and their impact on the financial decisions that parents and students make. While the former Gov. of Indiana believes there should be measurable markers to determine how well aRead More

Will For-Profit Colleges Be Held Accountable?

Will For-Profit Colleges Be Held Accountable?

College September 9, 2013 at 4:45 pm

Washington: A Negotiated Rulemaking Committee meets for the first time today to discuss the regulation of “Gainful Employment” standards at American colleges across the country. The meeting is the first of three that will be held this week; the last three will be held the week of October 21st. WhileRead More

Gov. Bobby Jindal Fights for Louisiana Students

Gov. Bobby Jindal Fights for Louisiana Students

Uncategorized September 6, 2013 at 3:29 pm

The Justice Department says the State of Louisiana is not authorized to provide private school scholarships to low-income students attending poor performance schools. But Governor Bobby Jindal is resisting. The Louisiana Governor, in a recent Washington Post editorial, said the government’s lawsuit against his state “…would rip children out ofRead More