Tag: common core state standards

2008, College Affordability, K12

And Education is… Forgotten

By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO of Educational Policy Institute and EPI International Unless you’ve been holed up in your 1950s-era bomb shelter (or in Indiana Jones lead-lined refrigerator!), the last week has been non-stop politics, with a quick entertainment break called Hurricane Gustav. I can’t remember the last time two conventions were back-to-back, but I’m guessing that the media needs a break. Poor Wolfie. He … Continue reading And Education is… Forgotten

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2008, K12, Retention

School Reform and Money: Can the Former Work Without the Latter?

By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO of Educational Policy Institute and EPI International One of our Australian articles posted in this week’s Week in Review discusses a new merit-pay program introduced in New South Wales. Just yesterday, I sat next to Reg Weaver, the President of the 3.2 million member National Education Association (NEA) at our Retention 2008 conference in San Diego, and the two of … Continue reading School Reform and Money: Can the Former Work Without the Latter?

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2008, Financial Aid, Politics

The Most Important Payback of Them All

By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO of Educational Policy Institute and EPI International For a little US news this week, last night, the House of Representatives killed a $163 billion bill to fund the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the first time that a large congregation of the GOP has joined the House Democrats in doing so. This was a somewhat unexpected occasion, but one that certainly … Continue reading The Most Important Payback of Them All

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