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Raising the Bar for Everything: Prom Edition
Browsing social media this morning, this post popped into my feeds. I'd like to imagine that the algorithms
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Mandating College Admissions That Favor the Rich
On February 14, the U.S. Department of Education issued a "Dear Colleague" letter to schools, colleges, and
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More on the Department of Education Cuts
Updates on cuts to the Department of Education: Yesterday, 21 democratic Attorneys General filed a lawsuit against the cuts, arguing
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In Which the Powerful Decimate the Federal Financial Aid System
Inside Higher Ed has a summary up this morning of how deeply this weeks' cuts at the Department of
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Giving up on Equality: The Destruction of the Department of Education
“Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men [sic], the
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Pushing Back
I wanted to stand up and cheer when I read this account of a consortium of community college leaders working
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The Changes to Education, So Far
It can be hard to keep up with the firehose of information from the federal government. Thus, this Hechinger Report
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Private College Counselors For Some Students? Fine. But the Low-Income Students Can Have Bots.
Because the application processes for federal financial aid are complicated and the student loan repayment system has been shifting so
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The Department of Education and Diminishing Financial Aid
As I write this, Linda McMahon, nominee for Secretary of Education, is testifying in her Senate confirmation hearing. Ms. McMahon
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Structural Economic Barriers: Internet Access
When I taught elementary school in southern Appalachia early in my career, none of the very low-income children in my
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"Merit": Membership in Trustees' Personal Networks
In June of 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the admissions decisions at the University of North Carolina
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When $1250/Hour Tutoring Is Masked as "Merit"
On the one hand, admissions policies that consider race have been deemed anti-meritocratic. On the other hand, wealthy parents hellbent