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Obama must stick to his guns on education
September 3, 2010It's back-to-school time, which means some in the media have gone back to asking: "What's wrong with our schools? And how can we fix it?"
Award-winning teachers dole out advice on fixing public schools
September 1, 2010What if students attended school all year? One Wisconsin teacher thinks that could be a way to improve student grades and fix the nation's public school system.
Alabama schools turn to bank loans to operate
September 1, 2010Alabama schools have been having a rough time of it, and it only looks like it's going to get rougher. The Cotton State recently came in last place in the federal Department of Education's Race to the Top grant competition. And a steadfast global recession combined with the Gulf Coast oil spill this summer have put a severe strain on the state's tax receipts, the primary source of revenue for Alabama's education system, forcing several school systems to take out private loans just to make it through the year.
College offers far more than a career path
August 26, 2010My favorite teacher, Patrick Welsh, wrote an intriguing essay for USA Today about what he considers an overabundance of high school students going on to college. The same sentiments were expressed in a well-phrased letter from Eugene Morgan of Wheaton, published on The Post's editorial page June 20.
College offers far more than a career path
August 26, 2010My favorite teacher, Patrick Welsh, wrote an intriguing essay for USA Today about what he considers an overabundance of high school students going on to college. The same sentiments were expressed in a well-phrased letter from Eugene Morgan of Wheaton, published on The Post's editorial page June 20.
Report: Classroom shortage hurts East Jerusalem children
August 25, 2010Palestinian children in East Jerusalem are being put at a disadvantage because of a dire shortage of classrooms in the east side of the city, according to a report published Tuesday by two Israeli human rights groups.
Democratic primary could determine fate of D.C. schools, for better or worse
August 23, 2010School opens today in the District. For the next three weeks, Americans who care about the future of urban schools will watch the city closely.
What's missing for back-to-school? 135,000 teachers
August 22, 2010More children are crowding into classrooms in Modesto, Calif. Parents are paying extra to send their kids to full-day kindergarten in Queen Creek, Ariz. And the school buses stopped rolling in one St. Louis area school district.
Get a job, or go to grad school?
July 27, 2010Dear Annie: I hope you can settle an argument. My parents are saying that with my college major (English), it will probably be hard for me to find a job when I graduate next spring. They want me to go straight to grad school and get a master's degree, which they say will make me more "marketable." (They are willing to foot the bill, which I do appreciate.)
JAY MATHEWS
July 26, 2010The weekly Jay Mathews education column is on break for a few weeks. But it'll be back next month when school starts.
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