“Global Classrooms-Going Of To College For Less ( Passport Required)”

There has been a growing trend with college bound students going overseas to get their college education. This article in The New York Times (  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/education/01scotland.html?pagewanted=2&em) focused on the University of Edinburgh  and St. Andrews, both in Scotland. They are alluring to American students for many reasons, the major one probably being there is not [...]

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“Drawing the Line on Drug Testing”

I found this article on The New York Times webpage.  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/nyregion/new-jersey/23Rparent.html?_r=1&ref=education
It is about random drug testing in school. I really dont know what to make of this. How can teachers complain about parents wanting them to raise their children for them? Isn’t this basically what a policy that gives schools the right to test students [...]

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“How Will Obama Help College Costs?”

This article, found on NPR’s Education webpage talks about the rising cost of college and what will or will not be done to help the problem of trying to afford a college education. It is a sad fact that education in this country is becoming less and less affordable. I was recently talking to a [...]

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For Two Pa. Teens, Two Paths To College

I heard this report on NPR’s All Things Considered show, and NPR found a transcript of it at npr.org. The segment followed the lives of two  college bound teens who had graduated from the same high school. They were interviewed at their high school graduations, and then were revisited every two months. Both of these [...]

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“Why Johhny Can’t Write”

I came across this article at www.edarticle.com. It talked about the phenomena of students learning how to write creatively, but never learning how to write to fit a certain form.  When writing comes from the imagination, there are less parameters, less restrictions, and therefore more leeway for the writer. They don’t have to learn how [...]

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U.S schools’ foreign enrollments soar

USA Today published an article detailing the rise in exchange students US universities have seen in the most recent years. Enrollment of foreign students is up 10.1% since last year! That’s a large increase. And while I enjoy the idea that there is an increase in any kind of pursuit of higher education, this article [...]

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“Combat to College”

I just read an article from the New York Times “Education Life” section titled “Combat to College” by Lizette Alvaraz ( http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/education/edlife/vets.html?_r=1&ref=edlife ). This article talked about the G.I. Bill and how it would help sent war veterans to college after they returned home from combat. This has always been an issue that I have [...]

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“For $40K, Consultant Gets Students Ivy-League Ready”

An article I found on NPR’s Education page talked about the help that students receive when applying to college. The subject of the article focused on a woman named Michelle Hernandez, who has made a career out of extensively helping students prepare to apply to college. Hernandez has used her experience as an admissions adviser,  [...]

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“Amid Foreclosures, A Rise In Homeless Students”

Homelessness is a subject that is never pretty or easy to discuss. There is no cut and dry way to solve the problem, and multiple reasons for its existence. This article by NPR, at www.npr.org concentrated on the increasing affect homelessness is having on students. It brought the issue to a place I think many [...]

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DPS superintendant

I just read an article in the Detroit Free Press about the “reprimanding” of the DPS superindentant Connie Calloway. It was a brief article, apparently the Detroit school system isnt that much of a big deal to the city, but I thought what was most interesting is that her punishment was that she wouldnt be [...]

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