The US' top official overseeing student loans has now resigned, citing #WhiteHouse hostility to protecting borrowers. The US report cards for schools and school districts have been a sore source of controversy, which will only grow when the nation starts receiving overall grades this fall.
As the new school year approaches, voters should keep in mind that education funding remains on life support, while many schools are crumbling, but corporations received a huge #GOP tax cut, which was primarily pocketed by executives and shareholders, with little trickle down to workers.
The good news is that a US education is sought out by all nations on earth. The bad news is that the last General Accounting Office study of America’s schools, in 1995, found $112 billion in needed repairs, with a third of schools requiring extensive repairs.
APNewsBreak: Top US official overseeing the student loan market resigns, citing White House hostility toward protecting student loan borrowers. http://apne.ws/oMkAivI
Furthermore, according to a University of Chicago study, researchers found that third-grade reading level can be a powerful predictor of future academic success. Researchers tracked thousands of students in the Chicago Public School system from third grade through their high school graduations. https://web.archive.org/web/20171209141859/http://www.chapinhall.org:80…
Millennial teachers of color will change public schools—if given the chance https://brook.gs/2NfYozP
Facing a ‘Really Big Issue,’ Senators Push for First Federal Survey of the Condition of U.S. Schools Since 1995 https://www.the74million.org/?p=528858
The higher-education crisis in rural America, by Jon Marcus and Matt Krupnick http://bit.ly/2MxtJld
Meanwhile, a surprising number of US college students believe it is acceptable to shut down speech they consider offensive https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2017/09/18/views-among-college-st…
Title IV funds for arming teachers, not #edtech? Notion draws ire of ed groups. https://marketbrief.edweek.org/marketplace-k-12/title-iv-funds-arming-t… …
GAO https://www.gao.gov/search?rows=10&now_sort=score+desc&page_name=main&q…