Reforming student aid. A lengthy policy brief released today outlines more than 30 recommendations for reforming the federal student financial aid system, including the elimination of tuition tax breaks—something Education Sector talked about last year. (New America Foundation)

Next to the hall pass. A two-year battle over bathroom vandalism at this Pennsylvania high school now means allContinue Reading »

Via Russo, Education Week reports($) that Senator McCain has cited a 2002 9th Circuit Court decision finding the Pledge of Allegiance to be unconstitutional, due to the part about “under God,” as the kind of “judicial activism” his appointees will eschew.

This is nonsense. The First Amendment says that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment Continue Reading »