Author: Matthew Lynch
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School portability passes through U.S. House
Rewriting No Child Left Behind has proven to be almost impossible for Congressional Democrats and Republicans. But on Wednesday evening, the House barely passed a new ... -
Study: Smoking less dangerous than no education
Studies are a dime a dozen these days, but there are still plenty that force you to pay attention. Take a Washington Post story that talks ... -
Florida Student Association elects first black woman president
Florida A&M made history last week. Tonnette Graham, president of FAMU’s student government association, was elected as chairwoman of the Florida Student Association (FSA). With a vote ... -
Study: High college tuition may not correlate with high earnings
Saving a year’s worth of salary for one year of higher education at Harvard may yield great career results for some but that may not be ... -
Presidential candidate Jim Webb believes in "second chance education"
Jim Webb, a former United States Senator from Virginia, has decided to run for president. Webb is a decorated war veteran and former secretary of the ... -
U.S. Department of Education facing nearly $2 billion cut in funding
Congress went to work on education funding last week, and the results aren’t pretty. According to ThinkProgress.org, the Senate Appropriations Committee put forth a bill that included ... -
No ratings system for colleges after all, says Education Department
The long anticipated rollout of the U.S. Department of Education’s rating system for colleges and universities has been nixed. According to Chronicle.com, the department will instead ... -
Why diversity on college campuses matters to the real world
It’s easy to think of college campuses as islands – academic havens with little interaction with the greater world beyond. In reality, the work done on ... -
JetBlue campaigns against book deserts – Part II
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest posts are ... -
JetBlue campaigns against book deserts – Part I
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest posts are ...