Post Tagged with: "Education"

Ha Le / February 6, 2012 6:01 pm

Live Blog: A Conversation with Peter Thiel and Niall Ferguson

HPR reports from a JFK Jr. Forum event with the PayPal co-founder and early Facebook investor.

Sam Finegold / December 1, 2011 2:57 pm

The Case for Harvard Abroad

Debating the potential of an overseas Harvard Campus

Ha Le / October 31, 2011 6:43 am

Harvard Debates the US Economy

Examining the lessons of the Harvard Political Union debate.

Harvard Talks Politics / October 23, 2011 12:33 am

Ross Svenson on Leaving NCLB Behind

The much criticized No Child Left Behind Act may be on its way out. Ross Svenson analyzes a new education bill that could fix the problems of NCLB and gain the support of both parties. Read the full article at the Harvard Political Review. 

Ross Svenson / October 20, 2011 2:48 am

Leaving NCLB Behind: A New Foundation in Education Reform

A bill in the Senate has the potential to shake education reform from its "No Child Left Behind" stagnation.

Ha Le / October 11, 2011 6:06 pm

Governor Ed Rendell at the IOP Forum Live Blog

Ha Le reports live on Governor Ed Rendell at the IOP Forum

Ha Le / October 10, 2011 4:22 am

California Dreamin’

Examining California's proposal to fund higher education for undocumented immigrants

Sandra Korn / September 17, 2011 12:17 am

Wyatt Troia on the H-Bomb

Sandra Korn explains why students shouldn't hesitate to say they attend Harvard.

Harvard Talks Politics / September 1, 2011 11:28 pm

Jessica Stein on the Vicious Cycle of Girls’ Unequal Access to School and Jobs

What’s one investment that is likely to show strong economic returns? Educating females according to Jessica Stein’s article for the Harvard Political Review. Many societies, however, still have significant barriers to education and work for women. As Stein argues, changing these cultural norms will help not only women but also communities. Read the full article at the Harvard Political Review. 

Harvard Talks Politics / August 20, 2011 9:12 pm

Sarah Siskind on the Business of Education

In typical libertarian fashion, the Harvard Political Review’s Sarah Siskind takes on the public education system and how it, in her words, “subsidizes the supplier and not the consumer.” Siskind suggests reducing government involvement and treating schools more like businesses. Read the full article at the Harvard Political Review.

Sarah Siskind / August 20, 2011 12:00 am

The Business of Education

The problems with subsidizing the supplier

Harvard Talks Politics / March 25, 2011 10:51 am

Peter M. Bozzo on Why School Choice Alone Is Not Enough

The popular idea of creating a free market for school selection ignores the underlying problems of the current public education system, writes Peter M. Bozzo in the The Crimson.  While the inequities between school districts is a major concern, and school choice does have the “ability to ensure racial and socioeconomic diversity while reducing egregious disparities between schools separated by [...]

Adam Kern / March 4, 2011 5:43 pm

The Morality Question: In Favor of Basic Moral Education

The question of moral education need not cause angst.

Michael Cotter / February 28, 2011 12:51 am

Rights Revoked: Arizona’s True Colors

Banning a class called "Latino Literature" is emblematic of the most dystopian state in the union.

Sam Barr / December 15, 2010 9:55 pm

Peter Orszag, Co-Optation, and Progressivism

Check out Will Wilkinson’s post on Peter Orszag’s disappointing decision to cash in at Citigroup. First Wilkinson suggests that this sort of co-optation of government officials by market forces is a fatal flaw in progressivism. “[M]arket institutions find ways to use the government’s regulatory and insurer-of-last-resort functions as countervailing forces against their competitors and, in the end, against the very [...]

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