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Mayor Bill de Blasio Fights for Universally Free Pre-K in New York ... » Sep 7, 2016 ...The mayor would rather speak about the program's educational quality than its political strategy, but if prodded, will concede, “anything that has a broad ...Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, called de Blasio's universal pre-k plan “non-serious,” and New York City's... Theatlantic.com

Finnish Education Chief: 'We Created a School System Based on ... » Mar 17, 2014 ...We created a school system based on equality to make sure we can develop everyone's potential. Now we can see how well it's been working. Last year the OECD tested adults from 24 countries measuring the skill levels of adults aged 16-65, on a survey called the PIAAC (Programme for International... Theatlantic.com

Neoliberalism K » Buoyed by Donald Trump's championing of a voucher system—and cheered on by his education secretary Betsy DeVos—Arizona just passed one of the country's .....to compete for students, American education will improve through the establishment of a consumer relationship between families and academic programs.66... Weberdebatecamp.com

Trump Administration Advances School Vouchers Despite Scant ... » Aug 1, 2017 ...Because the Trump administration has championed vouchers as an innovative way to improve education in the U.S., Scientific American examined the scientific research on voucher programs to find out what the evidence says about Friedman's idea. To be sure, educational outcomes are a devilishly... Scientificamerican.com

This Is Irrefutable Evidence Of The Value Of A Humanities Education ... » Jan 28, 2014 ...As Jordan Weissmann wrote in The Atlantic last week, money is a pretty bad way to measure the value of a college major. In addition to the self-selection bias ( creative writing majors will likely be less motivated to earn lots of money than business majors), Weissmann explains that there is value in choosing... Huffingtonpost.com

Section 8 Is Failing Poor Americans - The Atlantic » Jun 24, 2015 ...Created by Congress in 1974, the “Section 8” Housing Choice Voucher Program was supposed to help families move out of broken urban neighborhoods to places where they could live without the constant threat of violence and their kids could attend good schools. But somewhere along the way, “Section... Theatlantic.com

Do Private School Vouchers Pose a Threat to Integration? » Mar 21, 2017 ...U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has been an advocate for private school voucher programs throughout her career in philanthropy. ...Although the demographics of students and schools create conditions under which vouchers could increase school integration in some places, there is little... Tcf.org

Public Education Funding Inequity in an Era of Increasing ... » 5 days ago ...Utopia,” The Atlantic, February 2, 2017, https://www.theatlantic.com/education/ archive/2017/02/can-a-universal- · voucher-program-succeed/515436/. 354 See generally Ryan and Heise, supra note 333. 355 Valerie Strauss, “What 'School choice' Means in the Era of Trump and DeVos,” Washington Post,... Usccr.gov

In U.S. Schools, Undocumented Youths Strive to Adjust - Education ... » May 4, 2015 ...Many are still in legal limbo as they wait for immigration judges to decide whether they can stay or will be deported. ..."Many of them feel like they aren't going to succeed in school, like it's too big of an undertaking," said Margie McHugh, the director of the Migration Policy Institute's National Center on... Edweek.org

Nevada's Universal School Vouchers Foreshadow DeVos Effects ... » Feb 2, 2017 ...Nevada's failed universal voucher program provided a useful template for what a school landscape could look like under the education secretary-nominee. Theatlantic.com