No matter it’s structure, it’s a widely accepted fact at this point that there are ways to reform the federal student loan programs in order to reduce costs. At this point then, the more salient issue becomes exactly what these reforms should look like and what additional goals should be considered during these changes.
In mid-September [...]
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2010 Budget
The Department of Education today released its 2010 budget. You can read the full thing or check out Alyson Klein’s first look. Things that I noticed:
the budget shifts money around reading and early childhood. It would cut Reading First state grants and Even Start while creating two new programs called “Title I early childhood grants” [...]
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.