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In 2008-2009, nearly $24 billion in loans and grants went to about 2k for-profit schools under federal student aid programs. About 20 years ago there was some concern by the Fed that the schools were recruiting students not ready or capable for higher education. A lot of the students were not prepared for the jobs they were supposedly trained for and so they never got jobs in those areas. In turn many of them defaulted on their student loans. Congress put the 85/15 rule in place - meaning that the for profit schools would have to raise 15% of their student aid from other sources. That was reduced to 10% in the late 90s under Clinton.

This seems fascinating to me. I'm shocked that they thought this might work. I think it alludes more to the "return to values" of the conservative movement in this country than anything else. To me, this has the feel of a conservative, religious movement that has made its way back into a school division. This reemergence of "older" value systems might simply be a fear response to how out of control our empire has become and the repercussions of the wealth disparity on the domestic front.

Definitely...because life is segregated, so why not schools???#$%^

For a fourth consecutive year, Virginia students rank third in the nation in achievement on Advanced Placement (AP) tests. Go Virginia!!

Interesting that "Special Education" allegedly means higher-than-average and lower-than-average performing students. Yet the funding for some states does not even exist!

Title 22.1 - Education - State laws regarding education policy.

Defines the role of the General Assembly within the DOE and lists all Bills and Resolutions. Searchable database.

Outlines specific Act that outlines the walls of state and local power...2.2-3119 outlines school boards specifically.

This page allows you to search for legislative rulings and cases for a variety of different areas of the law including education bills and lawsuits.

GOP leaders are proposing bills to limit collective bargaining to wages and benefits. They want to exclude teachers/unions from the table when they develop education policy.

GOP leaders are proposing bills to limit collective bargaining to wages and benefits. They want to exclude teachers/unions from the table when they develop education policy.

Gives a detailed look at state budget cuts in education across the American map.

Commentary and charts showing where tax dollars are being spent worldwide - especially interesting to see military vs. education here in the US.

In New York, students are deemed "college ready" when they score at or above a certain level on the high school Regents Exams (their version of the SOL's). I took a quick look at the high school biology exam from 2001(I admit-not a scientific analysis at all), and apparently fact memorization is what you need to be successful in college.

Researchers at the University of Colorado have raised some concerns about the methods used by the economics team hired by the L.A. Times to apply a value-added metric to teachers' test scores. The central debate is over which variables to control for when running a value-added analysis.

Investigates to find out if there is a relationship between state education policies and changes in the black-white achievement gap.

While not technically about education, this article relates to the concept of connectivism and what we are teaching our students in our schools.

New poll captures discontent for teacher performance and public schools.

Virginia's Education Reform

superintendent's interpretation of NCLB for implementation

What if there were no collective bargaining?

Articles and information for parents, educative and advocates re: Sped law, Ed law & advocacy for students with disabilities