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.
Post Tagged with: "Education"
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.
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.
Governor Ed Rendell at the IOP Forum Live Blog
Ha Le reports live on Governor Ed Rendell at the IOP Forum
California Dreamin’
Examining California's proposal to fund higher education for undocumented immigrants
Wyatt Troia on the H-Bomb
Sandra Korn explains why students shouldn't hesitate to say they attend Harvard.
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.
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.
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 [...]
The Morality Question: In Favor of Basic Moral Education
The question of moral education need not cause angst.
Rights Revoked: Arizona’s True Colors
Banning a class called "Latino Literature" is emblematic of the most dystopian state in the union.
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 [...]
