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 professional assistants to help them.
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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.
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 press outlets that the girls deserve their privacy and do not wish to form a commentary on their education progress any more than to wish them well. However, the decision of the President-elect to send his daughters to a private school does deserve some commentary. 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, school [...] |
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Head Start Falls Further Behind
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 criticize [...]