Hiding Your Report Card is So Old School

If you goof up at school, don't count on being able to hide your report card. Now teachers are emailing grades and updates straight to a parent's inbox. Writing in the Washington Examiner , Meghan Cox Gurdon looks at the newest school trend: online grading: When I was growing up in rural …

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Written by Meghan Cox Gurdon on Friday March 4, 2011

"How Can I Pay Back My Loans Without a Job?"

After starting my expensive law school education, I've realized the job market is over-saturated. There are too many graduates and not enough jobs. With new employment numbers due Friday, March 4th, we at Frum Forum decided that it was time to listen to the voices of the young as they face …

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Written by Allison on Thursday March 3, 2011

"I Wonder if Going to College Was Worth It"

I have a masters degree, spent six years in the Army Reserve and was a teacher before grad school. Yet the only job I've found is as a security guard. With new employment numbers due Friday, March 4th, we at Frum Forum decided that it was time to listen to the voices of the young as they face …

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Written by Pablo on Thursday March 3, 2011

I Was "Too Qualified" to Work

Some accuse my generation of disdaining jobs "beneath" us. In reality, employers won't hire overqualified applicants. With new employment numbers due Friday, March 4th, we at Frum Forum decided that it was time to listen to the voices of the young as they face the challenges of this …

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Written by Tucker Slosburg on Wednesday March 2, 2011

Bust the College Tuition Bubble

A new study provides compelling evidence that while elite colleges are charging more, students may be getting less value from their degrees. David Leonhardt compiles the evidence in favor of my 2008 prediction of the busting of the college tuition bubble. Some politicians suggest that the …

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Written by David Frum on Tuesday February 22, 2011

New School Year, Same Frustrations

The start of another school year does not signal a new day in our worst urban schools. Last year’s colossal problems had three months off. As soon as the bell rings and the buses roll in, the embarrassing reality of “education” in inner city schools will resume. The problems of last year will have …

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Written by Thomas Gibbon on Monday August 31, 2009