The previous Race To The Top competition — the original, started back in 2010 — has hit snags in a few states who’ve run into trouble implementing similar “strings-attached” policies.
On our post about for-profit colleges, commenter Slowlightening asks: Students can finish degrees faster at for-profit institutes [than at community colleges, as The Atlantic writes]. Why doesn’t the article ask why that is? Is it because classes are held at better hours? Or is it because classes require significantly less work? Why doesn’t the article talk [...]
Question, from the comments section of yesterday’s story about vouchers: “What happens to the voucher money if a private school kicks a student out before the end of the year? Does the voucher money stay with the school, even if it’s no longer educating the student? Does a pro-rated portion return to the state?” Answer: [...]
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