TeacherJay's EduBlog

For those not familiar, the FAFSA is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and is required by practically all universities and other scholarship funders as well as student loan applications.  According to a recent article in the New York Times, some families have become so intimidated by the form, that they are hiring [...]

In an Op/Ed in the New York Times published a week ago, contributors Douglas J. Besharov and Douglas M. Call go on the offensive against the Head Start program and what they see as a lack of progress. Without providing a clear argument as to what is causing the failings of the program they [...]

On Feb. 10, I watched President Obama speak in a town hall meeting in my home town (on TV, I wasn’t one of the few who could stand in line for 24 hours to get tickets) and my local newspaper reported on it.  People are out of work and many are losing their homes [...]

As mentioned in a previous post, there are those out there that are opposed to Obama’s agenda on preschool education.  Although many of the arguments are solidly formed and to be expected, there are a few out there who seem to get public education confused with propaganda.

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The new president has talked a lot about what he wants to do to change public education.  I first mentioned some of his ideas in a previous post, but over time I will be writing a bit more to explain what he has said, or in some cases, pledged to do.  This time, the [...]

There has been some preliminary research done on how having a black president as a role model for African-Americans may be affecting their education, or at least the way in which they show it.  The phenomenon, nick-named “the Obama effect” may be evidence that African-American students are changing their perceptions of what it means to [...]

During his 23-month campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama, promised a change for America.  I personally am very happy to have him as our president as he has instilled hope and brings the possibility of reform with him.  There were many mentions of the failings of America’s schools and how that was damaging the future [...]

Yesterday was an exciting day for Sasha and Malia – Barack Obama’s young daughters.  Not only are they preparing to move to perhaps the most famous residence in the world, but they also started at a new school.  This post will not be about the girls as I take the same view as the major [...]

Hello all – this is the first posting of a new blog on education.  This is not my first foray into the blogosphere, though I have been on a year-long hiatus.  You can find some of my old entries, here.  Like the previous blog, this one aims to focus on issues of access to education, [...]