The NYT has another opinion piece dealing with insane student loan debt, and while the author gets lots of the pieces right, he seems to miss the big picture IMO. Let’s start with the obvious:
We are reaching a crisis point in this country’s higher education system. As college tuitions rise and state and local funding for higher education falls — along with median household incomes — students are taking on staggering levels of
I rarely say this: good for Alabama:
Republicans dropped a legislative bombshell tonight as they slammed through a dramatically revamped education bill that will give tax credits for families at “failing schools” to send their children to private school or another public school.
Lawmakers voted mid-day to send a school flexibility bill — that would let school systems seek waivers from some policies — to conference committee. The conference committee reported a dramatically different
When you read about a native of Wisconsin so desperate to get out of student loan debt that they rob a bank, then tell the police they will confess only if promised a long jail sentence, or they will clam up, and if release, do t again, you have to ask WTF?
A man who wore a three-dimensional Bucky Badger hat when he allegedly robbed an East Side credit union last week told police
It’s not easy being trendsetters. Too bad for the rest of you, but we here in California take great pride in blazing trails. Face it, we are the country’s future, if at anytime you want to see what’s in store for you, just look to the West young man. We do nanny state, deficit spending, high taxation, cradle to grave entitlements, cap and trade, greener green, inmates (the takers) running the asylum (the makers) better … Read more
You may be familiar with the restaurant joke that goes like this: two guys are complaining about a bad restaurant. The first says, “The food is just horrible”. And the second says, “Yeah, and the portions are so small!”
Looks like our nation’s educators didn’t get the joke:
Five states were to announce Monday that they will add at least 300 hours of learning time to the calendar in some schools starting in 2013.
As you may recall, Bobby Jindal has started a large voucher program for Louisiana schools. I’ve expressed support for this, even though some schools eligible for vouchers are teaching creationism. My point is that if it’s a choice between schools that don’t teach evolution and schools that don’t teach anything, that’s not really a choice. And it’s absurd to take some of the more nutty religious schools and claim this represents the entire system.… Read more
