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NYT #1 Bestseller Dava Sobel on Marie Curie & Women in Science
/in Education, Featured, Learning Curve, News, Podcast /by Editorial StaffThis week on The Learning Curve, co-hosts Alisha Searcy of DFER and U-Arkansas Prof. Albert Cheng interview Dava Sobel, acclaimed author of The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science. Sobel delves into the life of Marie Curie, the “scientific Joan of Arc,” exploring her extraordinary journey from clandestine education in Tsarist-controlled Poland to becoming the first woman to win two Nobel Prizes in different scientific disciplines.
The Roger Perry Internship Program
/in Blog, Internships /by Editorial StaffPioneer has established the Roger Perry Internship Program to support college-age students who seek opportunities to enhance their educational experience with practical training in an energetic and creative public policy environment.
Becket Fund’s Eric Rassbach on Loffman v. CA DOE, Religious Liberty, & Schooling
/in Education, Featured, Learning Curve, News, Podcast /by Editorial StaffThis week on The Learning Curve, co-hosts Alisha Searcy of DFER and U-Arkansas Prof. Albert Cheng interview Eric Rassbach, Vice President and Senior Counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Mr. Rassbach discusses the Loffman v. California Department of Education case, where Becket successfully secured a unanimous Ninth Circuit decision ensuring equal access to special education funding for religious school students.
Pioneer Institute Statement on Vocational-Technical School Admissions
/in Education, Featured, News, Voc Tech Schools /by Editorial StaffAdvocates seek to require that admission to vocational-technical high schools be done strictly via lottery, but this would only rearrange who gets excluded. Thanks to their strong performance, voc-tech schools in Massachusetts have roughly 8,000 students on waiting lists. There are good reasons why mandated admissions lotteries are not the answer to the problem. First, Massachusetts voc-tech high school enrollment in the aggregate already generally reflects the demographics of sending districts. There are equally good reasons why the current admission criteria include categories such as discipline, grades, attendance, guidance counselor recommendations and personal interviews. First, the high-tech equipment voc-tech students use can be dangerous, and precautions must be taken to ensure that students can operate it responsibly. Second, a voc-tech […]
FY2026 Consensus Revenue Hearing – Forecasting of Revenues is Tricky Business
/in Economic Opportunity, Economic Opportunity, Featured, News /by Eileen McAnnenyThe next major event on the legislative calendar is the FY2026 Consensus Revenue Hearing on December 2. At this forum, several experts make projections about how much money will be available for the fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2025. Making projections several months in advance for a budget that extends 18 months out (fiscal year ends on June 30, 2026) is difficult. Who can say what the economy will look like then with a new president, a tense global environment and an economy that has defied recession? At the hearing, experts use data from credit agencies, the U.S. census and economic literature to make their best guesses. This is a useful, if imprecise, exercise because it gets […]