Category: Research/Policy

2007, Financial Aid, Politics, Research/Policy

The Problem with Pell

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute This week there has been much talk about increased funding for the Pell Grant program in the United States. For those new to this discussion, the Pell Grant, named after former Senator Claiborne Pell, is the federal government’s “foundation” program for student aid, providing need-based aid to low-income students. That roughly equates to those students … Continue reading The Problem with Pell

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2006, Research/Policy

Resolutions for 2007

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute Between the options of looking back at 2006 and looking forward to 2007, I am choosing the latter. I’m a half-full type of guy anyway. As we close this year, I am hopeful that some of us will get our act together and push education forward in 2007. Here are some thoughts. No Child Left … Continue reading Resolutions for 2007

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2006, K12, Research/Policy, Workforce

A Revolution in School Reform

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute Yesterday, the National Center on Education and the Economy released a report called “Tough Choices or Tough Times.” I don’t like reading reports very much. They are typically boring, and not enough pictures. This report is different. In fact, I think this is perhaps the most important education (and economy) report since “A Nation at … Continue reading A Revolution in School Reform

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2006, Research/Policy

In Search of Better Data

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute My commentary today focuses on the important issue of data in education. Perhaps serendipitously, I attended two events this week in Washington, DC focusing on this issue. The first was the quarterly meeting of the Data Quality Campaign, a national, collaborative effort to encourage and support state policymakers to improve data collection efforts across the … Continue reading In Search of Better Data

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2006, College Access, College Affordability, Financial Aid, K12, Research/Policy, Student Success

Do We Know What to Do?

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute This has been a busy week for educational researchers and for EPI. Two major conferences are happening as I write this commentary: the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Anaheim, California, and the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) in Washington, DC. Both deal, in part, to expanding access and success at the … Continue reading Do We Know What to Do?

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