By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO, Educational Policy Institute Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all. This time of year always provides us with an opportunity to slow down (ok, not always) and take stock of what we’ve witnessed or accomplished during the past twelve months. In many ways, this has been a year less about education and more about nation building and politics. The … Continue reading And So This is Christmas…
By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO, Educational Policy Institute Wow. What a day. Unless you are under a rock, you know by now that President Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize (EPI’s Board Member, Lloyd Axworthy, was nominated for the same prize back in 1997). The Peace Prize is one of the most significant international awards, having been awarded approximately 100 times … Continue reading What the Nobel Peace Prize Means to America
By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO of Educational Policy Institute and EPI International The conduct of public discourse in the United States worries me. Over the last few months, we’ve seen ugly, staged scenes of aggression and partisanship at health care public meetings; brutal disregard at the President’s speech to Congress; and the total politicization of the President’s Education Address to students. If those instances aren’t … Continue reading When Politics and Education Run Afoul
By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO, Educational Policy Institute A few weeks ago I wrote a piece about the demise of the US system of higher education. Albeit a tad premature, my point was and remains that our system of higher education has significant ailments that, if left untreated, will lead to decades of ill-health and a painful death. In the real world, of course, … Continue reading It’s Time: The National Education Council
By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO, Educational Policy Institute Yesterday In recent Week in Review Commentaries, I’ve discussed the difficulty assessing the true nature of the current financial straits we find ourselves in. President Obama has spent an inordinate amount of federal funds trying to rescue the economy, and just this week, the G-20 announced it would infuse an additional $1.1 trillion dollars to the … Continue reading Stimulus Crazy
The Swail Letter on Higher Education 