Ex-CIA head honcho and publicly shamed adulterer, David Patraeus has reportedly been offered somewhere between $150,000 and $200,000 to teach a course at The City University of New York. Seems like a lot, especially considering that the typical salary for a CUNY professor with a full course load is less than $30,000 per year.
Interest rates on student loans doubled today — from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. The change impacts over 7 million students who are already struggling to repay loans as they begin their careers. It can add more than $20,000 over 10 years on federal Stafford loans.
In post-World War II America, the sprawling suburbs made possible by full employment, good wages, and an abundance of automobiles were a symbol of prosperity. Large supermarkets, shopping malls and public parks were a sign of American success that few foresaw fading. But now, as the economy struggles to return to pre-recession standards, the suburbs are becoming poorer.
Los Angeles' school system, the second largest in the United States, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a replacement for textbooks.
Economic isolationism and neo-Ludditism would reduce everyone’s living standards. Most importantly, there are many ways to create good jobs and reduce inequality. Other nations are doing it; the United States is not.
According to Carmel High School Principal Kevin Carroll in New York, “Kids aren’t hiding anymore.” Referring to two male students Dylan Meehan and Brad Taylor who, as a couple, were just voted "Cutest Couple" of their senior class.
As Americans, we have a right to privacy without search or seizure . . . or do we? In recent months, school districts nationwide have loosened the restrictions on student privacy bolstered by a comprehensive student database built to chart the academic paths of public school students.
New York City plans to knock down three public schools in order to build luxury high-rise apartments — many of which are second or third homes for wealthy non-residents — while relocating the students to other area schools. A more potent symbol of misplaced policy priorities in the city could hardly be found.
Republicans controlling the House pressed ahead Tuesday with efforts to slash funding for the departments of Education, Interior and State that go deeper than those already implemented under a painful round of automatic austerity.
