Archive for July, 2011
Michelle Rhee–Union Buster
Michelle Rhee tirelessly pushes her group, Students First. We care. Teachers don’t. Apparently, though, while they try to appear neutral on the whole abolishing collective bargaining and firing teachers without just cause thing, they privately push it. In fact, this piece says they actually write the laws that hurt teachers. In the United States, oil [...]
Milwaukee Foreclosure Mediation Program: Theory to Practice
Andrea Schneider and Natalie Fleury have a new paper on SSRN that describes the Milwaukee Foreclosure Mediation Program and analyzes the MFMP’s design by reference to dispute resolution theory. The MFMP responded to the ongoing foreclosure crisis in Milwaukee, emerging from an initiative involving Marquette Law School and several government agencies, elected leaders, and community [...]
Lee County’s new super takes the reins
Age: 60 Residence: Fort Myers Occupation: Lee County Superintendent Salary: $185,000 Employment highlights: August 2009-June 2011, superintendent of Monroe County School District; August 2008-August 2009, region executive director, Florida Department of Education, Region 3; 2001-08, superintendent of Springfield Schools, Massachusetts Education: Bachelors degree in philosophy and history from the College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts; [...]
Department of Ed Demands Special Reports for Tuition Increases
Do you get a headache when thinking about rising college tuition and fees? You’re not alone…but your company may surprise you. Yesterday morning, administrators at more than 500 colleges reached for metaphorical Advil bottles when the Department of Education decreed special reports detailing tuition and student fee increases must be submitted to the government for [...]