Linking High Ed Federal Aid to Performance and Equity is Great Idea!

Citizen Wealth Education Financial Justice

New Orleans   The Obama Administration is in the drafting stages of a proposal to link federal student financial aid to key accountability and affordability standards for higher educational institutions.   By 2015, the proposal would rate institutions by measures including tuition costs, graduation rates, debt load and earnings of graduates, and, thankfully, even the percentage of …

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The Coming End of Textbooks in Los Angeles, Nairobi and Beyond

ACORN ACORN International Citizen Wealth Education

Toronto  Colleges and universities increasingly are requiring students to show up for the first day of classes with their own computers or iPads, just like years ago standard equipment might have included a tablet, pens, pencils, and a lunch pail.  Los Angeles Unified School District, the 2nd largest school district in the country after New …

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