I don’t have children, school age or otherwise, but I deeply care about the outcomes of my local and state school board elections. You should, too. Here’s why: Property values are higher in areas with strong schools. School systems with strong academic and extracurricular programs keep students busy, meaning less crime is committed by school-age [...]
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Why Every Voter Should Care about School Board Elections
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, tagged AAUW, education, elections, public education, school board elections, School Vouchers, students, Title IX, voting, vouchers on September 15, 2011, | 1 Comment »
State Education Cuts Endanger the Future
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, tagged AAUW, budget, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Department of Education, early-childhood education, economy, education, education cuts, higher education, job growth, K-12, loan debt, news, public education, quality education, student debt, Student Loans, taxpayer dollars on August 4, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
A recent report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities revealed that many states have enacted deep, dramatic cuts to their K–12 and higher education budgets and that nearly all states are spending less money on education than they did in 2008 (after inflation). This is despite the fact that the demand for education is [...]
Vouchers Aren’t Real Education Reform
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Title IX, tagged congress, education reform, Fiscal Times, public education, vouchers, Washington D.C. on February 3, 2011, | 5 Comments »
The D.C. school voucher program has reared its ugly head again in our nation’s capital. Public education advocates hoped we’d exiled vouchers last year, but new House leadership has made it pop up like a bad cough. Never mind that vouchers aren’t popular with the denizens of D.C. Never mind that we pay taxes but [...]
Who’s to Blame for the Classroom Chaos?
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged Education Nation, Michelle Rhee, NBC, President Obama, public education on October 5, 2010, | 4 Comments »
D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee was smack in the center of NBC’s Education Nation last week talking about teachers, unions, and class results. In one of her many recent TV appearances (at the 6:30 mark), Rhee talked about how the teaching profession has changed over the years: The quality of teachers used to be [...]
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