Category: 2010

2010, Research/Policy, ROI/College Outcomes, Workforce

(What) to Be, or What not to Be

By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO of Educational Policy Institute This past week I was privileged to speak with the faculty and Board of Governors of Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. Fanshawe College is an example of a decades-old institution that has undergone massive growth in the new millennium. Today, Fanshawe serves 16,000 full-time students and approximately 30,000 part-time students. The campus is immaculate; state-of-the-art, … Continue reading (What) to Be, or What not to Be

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2010, College Access, College Affordability

Nights in Columbus

By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO, Educational Policy Institute This was one of those weeks. Started in Miami on Sunday morning talking with the Council on State Governments on the new US Common Core Curriculum Standards that are going through in the US. Moved on to New Orleans, where I met at the AACRAO conference to discuss higher education ranking systems, and ended up in … Continue reading Nights in Columbus

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2010, College Access, Research/Policy

Rethinking the Postsecondary Transition

By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO, Educational Policy Institute Recently I’ve been talking with many of the college access professionals who work with students in the transition from secondary to postsecondary school. For those who are more affluent, the idea of summer programs abroad or other bridges before college are more the norm than the exception. But for those from lower- and middle-income families, high … Continue reading Rethinking the Postsecondary Transition

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2010, College Access, K12

Stand and Deliver

By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO of Educational Policy Institute and EPI International This week saw the passing of a giant in the teaching field—Jaime Escalante. Escalante was made famous, in part, by Washington Post writer Jay Mathews in the book Escalante: The Best Teacher in America. But more famous through the movie version of the book, Stand and Deliver, in 1988 featuring Edward James Olmos … Continue reading Stand and Deliver

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2010, K12, Research/Policy

It isn’t NCLB’s Fault!

My summer reading thus far has included the book Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling (a novel about the painting of the Sistine Chapel) and Bounce, a story of “the science of success.” The first one was simply to impress (not true; great book!!). The second has significant meaning to what we do in education. Today’s commentary focuses on some of the tenets of Matthew Syed’s Bounce. Continue reading It isn’t NCLB’s Fault!

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