A true sticker price. The University of Dayton in Ohio will begin offering students a locked-in price for a four-year degree, meaning the total cost over four years will not change, even if the student’s federal or state grant aid does. (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Welcome to the digital age. A Florida school district has to call a public meeting in order to “re-teach” board membeContinue Reading »

Los Angeles student Norphesa Jones, 34, schleps 20 miles by bus between two community college campuses two days a week in order to take the prerequisites she needs to become a nurse. And 19-year-old Charity Hansen is stuck taking a single class at Pasadena City College this semester because the others she needs are at capacity.

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Community college enrollments dropped in the fall 2011 for the first time since 2007. It’s a decline worth noting since American community colleges are the most important educational safety net for low-income and first-generation college students preparing for or retooling themselves for the knowledge economy. And yet, the media and policymakers paid little attention to the data, released late Continue Reading »

“A college system at the breaking point meets the Internet revolution.” Jeff Selingo, a member of Education Sector’s new K20 Task Force, talks MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) and the future of higher education. (On Point)

With a January 2013 deadline pending. School district officials in New York are grappling with the amount of the weight to give student test scores, observations,Continue Reading »

“Truly satisfying.” Students talk about how they completed their prior-learning assessments, or PLAs. (Inside Higher Ed)

Surprise degrees. An Ohio community college is calling former students who transferred to four-year universities to let them know that their newly earned credits transfer back, ultimately giving students a second degree they didn’t know about. (The PlContinue Reading »

Computerized state tests. Will the digital divide show through in test score results, once standardized tests go online? (HechingerEd)

“Real change will come teacher by teacher.” Maddie Fennell explains why teachers should lead reform efforts to change the profession. (Straight Up/Education Week)

New Community College. A profile of a new, two-year college in New York that will go Continue Reading »

Plummeting scores? Only on the surface, and only in the short term. Wisconsin officials are dealing with the same PR confusion as Florida: New, higher K-12 standards have meant drastically lower scores in the first year of implementation. (Marshfield News Herald)

Community college excellence. A lucky 120 community colleges have been invited to apply for the Aspen Prize based on the gainsContinue Reading »

The cost of college for students goes up every time they’re placed in a remedial course or they lose credits because of a transfer, says Teresa Lubbers, Indiana’s Commissioner for Higher Education. “It is abundantly clear that whatever we’re doing in remediation isn’t working,” she said, while testifying at the U.S. House Education and Workforce Development subcommittee hearing. She encouraged Continue Reading »

Checking in on teacher evaluations. Tennessee teachers whose students got failing grades often got glowing evaluations from their administrators, according to a state department of education report. Department officials believe these two indicators should be the same—i.e. if a teacher’s students get failing grades, that teacher should also likely have a poor evaluation. (The Tennessean)

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