Understandably, much has been written about the ways in which the new Republican lead tax overhaul bill will affect higher education. Though these are serious and pressing issues, the impact of the tax plan on K-12 education hasn’t received as much attention. There are segments of the tax overhaul from both chambers (the final
Consider the ideal depiction of an elementary school in the United States. The depiction would likely include images like hallways full of colorful bulletin boards and smiling kindergarteners, amicable teachers in classrooms instructing a group of third graders about how to use multiplication tables, and playgrounds with monkey bars from which hanging sixth graders peer at
This is the first part of a three-part series that discusses educational policy issues that the Obama Administration encountered in its first term. The series will also predict some of the policy conversations that will occur during the final four years of Obama’s presidency. This part of the series will discuss K-12 education. Part two