This is an excellent article about a hopeful program. A New Push to Get Low-Income Students Through College – NYTimes.com. I wrote my view. “The most hopeful aspect of this program is Michael Bloomberg. I say that because he took an important step in improving New York’s schools – putting the spotlight on the colleges […]
Archives for October 2014
LinkedIn Ranks Universities in Certain Fields
How “The American Dream Left America” In a Nutshell
I added another comment to Nicholas Kristoff’s piece The American Dream Is Leaving America – NYTimes.com. “…Until the 1970s, we were pre-eminent in mass education…” But then something happened. Here, in a nutshell, is what it was – and how it evolved over a few decades. In the sixties, we poured money into making a […]
“The American Dream Is Leaving America” (I Worry It’s Gone.)
I commented on this article by Nicholas Kristof. The American Dream Is Leaving America – NYTimes.com. I wrote, ” “…the annual survey of education should… be a shock to Americans…” But it’s not. Few Americans have the education about the inner workings of the educational establishment to understand why the report is so dismal. Here […]
Colleges Are Tracking When Students Work Out at Rec Centers – WSJ – WSJ
Colleges Are Tracking When Students Work Out at Rec Centers – WSJ – WSJ. Interesting.