Category Archives: Education

One Factor Behind America’s Poor K-12 Education System

Posted on January 9, 2011 by

The best and the brightest view teaching K-12 as a demeaning profession. Go to a class in Harvard, for instance, and ask what the students there want to do after they graduate. There will be lots of future investment bankers, lawyers, and politicians. There will probably very few K-12 teachers, if any at all. Continue reading →

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How Special Interests Crippled Education Reform

Posted on April 1, 2010 by

When Congress passed the health care bill, with it came a momentous education reform. Signed into law by President Barack Obama, its intention was to help relieve the ever-rising burden imposed by soaring college fees and tuition rates. This reform … Continue reading →

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A Close Call With Education Reform

Posted on March 12, 2010 by

Several months ago I wrote about the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, a bill which aims to make college more affordable. The bill does this through several mechanisms. Firstly, it expands federal Pell Grants, which are government grants to … Continue reading →

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A Major Achievement

Posted on September 21, 2009 by

A few days ago the House of Representatives passed the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, a meaningful reform of the way student loans are dealt with. In my mind, this bill constitutes one of the Obama administration’s most important … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Top Priorities

Posted on July 28, 2009 by

Below is a list of what, in my view, the most important to-dos on the president’s lengthy to-do list are. Of course I could be a smart aleck and just put – 1. THE ECONOMY 2. THE ECONOMY 3. THE … Continue reading →

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