Tag: Enron

• Dollar Bill Ya’ll: Speculative Bubble(s) in Education?

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  May 9, 2013

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  Charter Schools, School Finance, Standards, Vouchers

  At the recent AERA conference in San Francisco, I was having a conversation with a local San Franciscan. He we mentioning that he was disappointed that he had not been able to take financial advantage of the last two “bubbles.” He was asking aloud what other thought was going to be the next “bubble.” I…

  

• Texas Lies to Feds: Enrontize Federal Graduation Data

  7–10 minutes

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  January 14, 2013

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  Accountability, Dropout

  At the end of 2012, with much fanfare Texas trumpeted that its 86% Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) was 4th in the nation. (For more on the ACGR go here). This would be a miraculous achievement for the Lone Star State. As we show in Is Texas leading its peers and the nation?: A Decadal Analysis of…