K-12 Education

NBC 5 investigates Dallas County schools’ highly questionable and costly school bus stop arm camera program

Dallas County Schools (DCS), a countywide district providing transportation services to the area’s school districts, is coming under intense scrutiny after a recent NBC 5 investigation into the district’s use and possible abuse of taxpayer dollars. According to NBC 5, DCS officials not long ago launched a side business financed with public monies that aims...

October 8, 2014
Higher Education

Two Years After College, Too Many Grads Are Still ‘Adrift’

The higher-education world was rocked three years ago by the publication of the landmark study of collegiate learning, Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa. Between 2005 and 2009, the authors tracked over 2,000 college students from both public and private institutions, measuring their fundamental academic skills in their first and fourth years with the...

October 7, 2014