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Since the inauguration of President Barack H. Obama, the nature and structure of American education have elicited unprecedented amounts of discussion, debate, and dialogue. With the president’s policies beginning to take root, fundamental changes—most of which we support—have begun to shape...
In a general sense, we support the core of President Obama’s education initiatives: heavy on spending and tough on teachers. Specifically, we were pleased with his allocation of $4.35 billion to the “Race to the Top” initiative that gives states an immediate...
In turn, our views on education at the national level have informed our opinions on the issues that confront local Boston schools. In April, for instance, when Superintendent Carol R. Johnson announced a bold plan to revamp 12 underperforming schools, we initially considered her proposal to be counterproductive; It essentially...
Looking beyond the implementation of the president’s policies, however, several troubling occurrences within the world of education this year have roused far too little attention. In Utah, for instance, a senator faced with the understandably daunting task of closing Utah’s large budget gap proposed...
Another issue faced the world of higher education this year in the form of unpaid internships. All too often, students must work without compensation in order to gain entry-level positions in various job fields, and we feel that this practice goes against the ideal of fairness by which employers...