All posts tagged "Education"
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865Political EducationWhy Can’t a Twenty-One Year old Run for the US House of Representatives?
Could a twenty-one year old ever run for the US House of Representatives? I mean that individual has been a voter for...
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2.2KElections24-hour news cycle and the election
I was thinking about this sitting in my bed with a fever. Do I feel more or less informed in this 24...
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3.5K1Political EducationPublic education spending
In this election season, one of the many things people will be looking at is education spending. How education is funded is...
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1.7K1ElectionsHow elections affect education policy
Education policy becomes an election year policy, and fades to the background once elections are over. Americans think of education as something...
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Funding for higher education
Higher education in the United States is extremely robust. While most in Europe have their university tuitions subsidized by tax money, in...
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Is Race to the Top worth the money?
Race to the Top, No Child Left Behind. These are buzzwords that those in the media have heard about education. In the end,...
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A Dirty Word in Educational Politics, Voucher
Vouchers. While a dirty word in politics, it’s exactly what Romney wants to do. If it looks like a voucher and smells like...
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1.8KElectionsRomney isn’s a fan of teacher’s unions
Mitt Romney made statements against teacher’s unions while on the campaign trail. I want to make some statements clear: Teacher unions are...
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2.5KPolitical EducationWhat are common core state standards?
It is an election year, so everything in education is up for grabs. One of the ideas that is now being politicized is...
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2.0KPolitical EducationThe doubling Stafford interest rate
I went on Twitter today and found that #don’tdoublemyrate was all over the place. That piqued my interest, so I investigated. Apparently, the...