Economy
Education Funding
Opinion
Trump's People: Understanding Thy Neighbor
Marc Tucker seeks to better understand supporters of President Trump and explores the experience of those who have lost out in a globalizing economy.
Education Funding
Opinion
Rust Belt Workers Don't Want to Hear About Education and Retraining
Former industrial workers in the United States may pine for the jobs and industries that have abandoned them, but that won't bring them back, explains Marc Tucker.
Education Funding
Opinion
Education and Job Training Policy: The Key to the Future of American Politics?
Marc Tucker explores how future electoral success for both parties will be determined by who can deliver the education and training workers need to compete in a globalized labor market.
Federal
Opinion
What Japan Can Teach Us About the 'Rust Belt Revolt'
After a conversation with veteran public administrator Harry Spence, Marc Tucker explores the potential lessons that Japan's response to globalization could provide for the U.S. Rust Belt.
Education Funding
Opinion
Trump and the Rust Belt: Making Sense of the Election
The outcome of the presidential election is leading to soul searching for both Republicans and Democrats. Tucker discusses why our education and workforce policies are a critical place to start for both parties.
Federal
Opinion
Dear President-Elect Trump
Marc Tucker pens a letter to President-elect Trump exploring what he can do to make good on his promises to those who have lost out in the changing global economy.
Federal
Kansas Governor Warns of Tax Hike if State Loses Funding Case
The state's highest court is weighing the "adequacy" of the Kansas school funding system and previously ruled that the system is inequitable.
Education Funding
Opinion
Support Those Who Want to Work, Not Those Who Don't
Following up on his previous piece on the potential pitfalls of a universal basic income, Marc Tucker explains the types of income and education supports that can help workers coping with the impacts of advancing automation and economic globalization.
Education Funding
Opinion
Career and Technical Education: What's the Goal?
Career and technical education is gaining much-needed attention, but are we building the kind of system that will deliver the skills our students need to compete?
Education Funding
Ariz. Teaching-Career Event Falls Flat With Teachers
A University of Arizona event that's designed to get high school seniors interested in becoming math teachers has been scrapped this year because educators were reluctant to recommend the profession to their students.
Federal
Opinion
A Presidential Agenda for the Americans Left Behind
Marc Tucker on how and why the next President of the United States should make education and workforce training his or her top priority.
Education Funding
Letter to the Editor
Kansas Schools Are Not 'Starving': Article's Depiction Is Disputed
To the Editor:
The article "Kansas Panel Pours Fuel on Debate Over K-12 Aid" (Jan. 27, 2016) is both misleading and factually incorrect regarding education funding in Kansas. It is a prime example of opinion driving what is supposed to be hard news.
The article "Kansas Panel Pours Fuel on Debate Over K-12 Aid" (Jan. 27, 2016) is both misleading and factually incorrect regarding education funding in Kansas. It is a prime example of opinion driving what is supposed to be hard news.
School Climate & Safety
News in Brief
Flint's Toxic Water Causes Wide-Ranging Fallout
The water crisis in Flint, Mich., that has exposed the city's residents to toxic levels of lead took on new political urgency last week as Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder apologized for the contamination in his annual State of the State address and pledged to fix the problem amid growing calls for his resignation.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
What Is Driving the Student-Debt Crisis?
To slow skyrocketing higher education debt, colleges and universities must have "skin" in the student-loan game, writes Donald M. Feuerstein.
