Links for 2/1/11

Sandra Stotsky

Once upon a time, making students “college ready” meant strengthening, not weakening, the high school curriculum…

Sean Cavanagh

Lawmakers in Hoosierland are considering a proposal that would give high schoolers who graduate early a chunk of state per-pupil aid—$3,500—to pay for college, during what would otherwise have been their senior years…

Chad Aldeman

In 1998, Congress inserted a provision into the Higher Education Act that required states to hold their teacher preparation programs accountable…

27 states have never identified a single low-performing program…

Ainsley Thomson

[In the UK] The Office of National Statistics said the jobless rate for new university graduates reached 20% between July and September last year…

Michael Wei

Getting Into Harvard Easier Than McDonald's University in China