Eight Year Study News Today

Can commuter schools, research universities and underresourced campuses provide the kind of developmental and transformational education we used to associate with small liberal arts colleges? In his latest posting on his School Reform and Classroom Practice blog, Larry Cuban, the dean of historians of American education, tells the story of a remarkable educational experiment. Between 1933 and 1941, some 300 universities and colleges agreed to waive admissions requirements for the graduates of 30...

Before I write about something that is kind of boring, I want to comment about the school levies that failed this fall. Seventeen of 33 passed. This count marks the lowest passage rate — at just 51.5% — since 2008. It’s too bad. It’s a darn shame. What were we thinking? Let me tell you a story.