By Elinor Aspegren (PZ ’20) A product of frustrations with state disinterest in public education over the past decade, teachers’ strikes began in March 2018 in West Virginia, and in April 2018 in Kentucky and Oklahoma These protests and walkouts, while presumably about state budgets, may also be in response to the teachers’ frustrations regarding…
By Bryce Wachtell (PO ’21) Last December, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—the first major piece of legislation under the Republican-controlled 115th congress. The bill will have a major impact on the lives of all Americans in a variety of ways, but—in the most general of terms—it will work to substantially lower and somewhat…
By Blake Plante (PO ’18) “Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) are the new frontier in school choice”, says Nat Malkus as he introduces Jeb Bush at the American Enterprise Institute on Friday, January 26th. General disillusionment with the American K-12 system (according to Gallup’s most recent poll, dissatisfaction with nationwide K-12 schools is at 53%) is…
By James Dail (CMC ’20) As it stands, Arizona has one of the worst education systems in the United States: it consistently ranks as one of the lowest performing states in the country. For its performance to improve, an increase in teacher pay and per pupil funding is needed. The solution to this issue may…
James Dail (CMC ’20) The bachelor’s degree has traditionally been a surefire way of attaining the American dream of a financially stable middle-class lifestyle. This is increasingly not the reality for college graduates today. More students are going to college than ever before, a trend that has coincided with a staggering increase in college tuition,…
By Helen Guo (PO’20) Transcribed by Delaney Hewitt (SCR ’20) David Chizewer, a Pomona College graduate and principal of Goldberg Kohn’s litigation group, visited campus on April 13th to speak with current students about the benefits of a career in law. Following the event, the Claremont Journal of Law and Public Policy hosted Chizewer for…
By James Dail (CMC ’20) The state of Utah is an enigma for education policy makers. Most of the states that receive high marks on state education rankings typically have two things in common: they spend a large portion of their budget on funding public education and they have low student-teacher ratios. By both of…
