FAFSA and REPAYE
Two recent moves by the government with respect to college students deserve attention. First, the FAFSA filing for the period which began January 1, 2016 (to trigger aid for the 2016-17 academic year) can be done using the 2014 income tax filing, with documented adjustments if necessary because of important changes in income. This means […]
Change?
A San Francisco mother is suing the school district because her son’s reading problem left him ‘unqualified for any employment other than the most demeaning, unskilled, low-paid manual labor.”” The question in front of the court reads, “Is a public school system guilty of fraud if it awards a high-school diploma to a student who […]
An Implausible Idea
Set the rental car GPS on “South” when you leave Houston’s Hobby airport. Drive past the oil pumpers at Victoria, past the dozens of majestic wind turbines in Somewhereville, and past the 60-mile stretch of zero gas stations. Shortly before you would otherwise cross one of several international bridges into Mexico, get off on Business […]
Charter Schools
At the risk of clarifying some of the issues which have dogged charter schools for two decades, here are some thoughts: Like all public schools, charter schools are subject to every state/federal regulation and testing requirement. The arguments one hears about charters are typically not about education or kids; they are more likely to be […]