On NPR’s tumblr today came a quote from a story I’d subconsciously blocked from my twitter feed last week: So when the most influential black woman in the world, armed with degrees from some of the best institutions in the world, names Beyonce, a singer best known for a song called “Bootylicious,” as someone she aspiresRead More “Michelle Obama, Beyonce, and Wonder Woman”
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The Price of Motherhood: Policy, Penalties, and For-Profits
A new report on for-profit colleges was issued by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research today. In short, the paper finds: Student parents at for-profit colleges are taking on 10 times the annual loans of student parents attending community colleges. The majority (62 percent) of single student parents have an expected family contribution (EFC) ofRead More “The Price of Motherhood: Policy, Penalties, and For-Profits”
Add White Kids and Stir is Not Good Education Policy
I commend the Times for at least acknowledging the anniversary of Brown v. Board this week, but I take some issue with the conclusions opinion writer David L. Kirp makes. A quick conversation with the essay: AMID the ceaseless and cacophonous debates about how to close the achievement gap, we’ve turned away from one toolRead More “Add White Kids and Stir is Not Good Education Policy”
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What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been…
When I pulled off the highway during rush hour traffic to type out a response to Schaefer Riley’s attack on my iPad* I was being self-serving. I was serving MY indignation, my anger, my disappointment. I hit publish and within an hour it became clear that I was not the only one indignant, angry, orRead More “What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been…”
Protecting the Military from For-Profits…What About The Rest of Us?
It’s the end of the semester (EOS) so this will be brief and I make no promises of cogency. The President has been talking about college and debt a lot lately. Many of us who have been talking about this for years welcome him to the conversation. I, for one, hope that we can eventuallyRead More “Protecting the Military from For-Profits…What About The Rest of Us?”