This fall, I’ll be entering my senior year of college at a private school in North Carolina. Fortunately, my parents started saving for my college tuition before I was born and I have not had to worry about paying for school (thanks Mom and Dad!). However, for most college-age students this is not the case-they [...]
Archive | 29. Jul, 2009
Guest Blogger: Getting rid of the WASL may not be such a good idea after all.
Surprise, surprise!!! Getting rid of the WASL may not be such a good idea after all. John Stokes
In today’s news conference the Center on Education Policy (CEP) announced that its recent study of fifteen classrooms in six high schools in Washington State supports the notion that Washington State educators prefer improving the [...]
Call to Action on HR 3221!
I will forever remember the day when I sat on the floor of my apartment, giant T-89 calculator and old tuition statements in hand, and calculated how much I had acquired in student loans over the past four years. Actually, that day happened not too long ago—around April of 2009!
Federal loans paid for a majority [...]
Attention all data hounds!
If you are reading this blog, chances are you know quite a bit about education data. But, did you know that the high school dropout rate varies widely by counties? Or that close to half of the graduating high school class of 2006 immediately enrolled in public postsecondary education? Now you can pull [...]
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