Elissa Blattman: “The website for the National Women’s History Museum is – www.nwhm.org. The museum recently launched a new exhibit called “From Ideas to Independence: A Century of Entrepreneurial Women,” which you can link to from the main page. This is a virtual museum that is trying to get the last spot on the National Mall. The museum currently has legislation pending in Congress to create a committee to determine the feasibility of the museum. Even though there is no building at the moment, the museum does host and participate in various events, such as the recent 100th anniversary reenactment of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Parade in DC, a joint exhibit at the National Press Club about the march, and our annual dePizan Honors gala.”
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Daily Archives: March 30, 2013
Paying for college: Strategies to afford higher education today
Paying for college: Strategies to afford higher education today – by Dennis Vilorio, an economist in the Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections, BLS “This article is a guide to affording higher education. The first section describes ways to plan for college expenses before enrolling. The second section explains how to finance higher education.… Continue Reading
Paper – Expanding College Opportunities for High-Achieving, Low Income Students
Expanding College Opportunities for High-Achieving, Low Income Students. SIEPR Discussion Paper 12-014, by Caroline Hoxby and Sarah Turner. Published: 03/28/13 “Only a minority of high-achieving, low-income students apply to colleges in the same way that other high-achieving students do: applying to several selective colleges whose curriculum is designed for students with a level of achievement… Continue Reading
Brookings – Do School Districts Matter?
Do School Districts Matter?, by: Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst, Matthew M. Chingos and Michael R. Gallaher “School districts occupy center stage in education reform in the U.S. They manage nearly all public funding and are frequently the locus of federal and state reform initiatives, e.g., instituting meaningful teacher evaluation systems. The most charismatic leaders over… Continue Reading
