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Political fiddling while pensions burn
Gretchen Morgenson, the current dean of financial reporting, covers the DPS pension debate as part of a series on private and public debt. This particular political pigskin has been kicked enough to shame Jason Elam, but I’m glad it is getting more attention, because … Continue reading
Tenure: An idea whose time has gone?
Megan McArdle’s recent piece in The Atlantic makes this claim. My favorite part was her response to the argument that it is tenure that allows professors to produce important research: How about valuable scholarship? Well, define valuable–in many liberal arts fields, the … Continue reading
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Low-income students and college
An evil twin to Paul’s earlier post about the continuing economic benefits of a college education is the depressing news that fewer and fewer low-income students are both attending and graduating from college (see full article): Fewer low- and moderate-income high school graduates … Continue reading
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Student debt data chilling
A chilling article in the NYT on both the ease and amount of debt for many students who choose higher education: Today, however, Ms. Munna, a 26-year-old graduate of New York University, has nearly $100,000 in student loan debt from her four years in … Continue reading
Charter authorizer challenge
The NY Times had a lengthy piece over the weekend on charter schools. Readers of these pages will find little new in the data disagreement (CREDO v Hoxby), or the trusim that the mere designation of “charter” is no guarantee of success, … Continue reading
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Two views (and students…)
The Post yesterday ran two teacher perspectives on SB 10-191 (see: pro, con). Both should be read, if only for the contrast. What I find really illuminating about them is how they talk about students. One starts with a teacher engaging his … Continue reading
A parallax view on SB 191
With Mike Johnston’s teacher evaluation bill headed towards a vote later today, the heightened rhetoric has now eclipsed the likely impact. For while I wholeheartedly support this bill, I also think the fevered opinion has given it a prominence that … Continue reading
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