Census Data Reveals a Shift in Patterns of Childbearing News from New York Times: WASHINGTON — College-educated women are waiting longer to have children than those without a college education, according to new data from the Census Bureau. In 2000, the portion of women with college degrees between the ages of 25 and 34 who [...]
What’s Wrong With American Higher Education? News from Huffington Post: Most Americans believe that a college education is a prerequisite to financial success. According to a study conducted by Sallie Mae, 84 percent of students strongly agreed that higher education was an investment in their future. When asked if they would attend college solely for [...]
New rules shape schools News from Tbo.com: Lawmakers passed a flurry of bills this session that are aimed at expanding what proponents call innovative school choice and what critics decry as a concerted attack on underfunded public schools. Those bills: • Allow the high-performing charter schools to more quickly expand enrollment and open new schools [...]
Schools may ban chocolate milk over added sugar News from The Associated Press: Schools may ban chocolate milk over added sugar (AP) – 34 minutes ago LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chocolate milk has long been seen as the spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine go down, but the nation’s childhood obesity epidemic has a [...]
