Brian McCall's Economics of Education Blog
A blog dealing mainly in issues in education with economic overtones, plus an assortment of odds and ends in education and economics.
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Do student teacher evaluations correlate with student learning
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College Application Anxiety
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Income Inequality and Education
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Should Colleges Discount Tuition?
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Small Gains in Reading and Math Scores but Differences Persist
Unemployment rates are lower for college graduates in OECD countries
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College graduates having a hard time finding jobs in China
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New State Education Rankings
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Education funding reduced in most states
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Is College Still a Good Investment?
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Cash for Passing AP Exam
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National History Day Video
With Bad Economy, Careers on Hold for Recent College Graduates
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Poorly Performing Teachers fired in D.C.
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Teaching to the test?
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Is College Affordable for the Middle Class?
Wisconsin has the highest public high school graduation rates.
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Price weighs heavily in college choice
More grim news for California colleges
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Unions push to organize charters in Chicago
More proposed cuts to University of California system
Are Most High School Students College Ready? Not in NY
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Freshman more Stressed
How to increase Pretige, Raise Tuition
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Feds to raise nutrition standards for school meals
College Applications Rise in Britain despite tuition increase
No Room for Students at Community Colleges
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California School Districts Sued over Fees
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Narrowing of DC Achievement Gap Stalls
Teachers tampering with tests
Current Issue of Economics of Education Review
Alarming Dropout rates found in New Dept. of Education Report
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Pay for Performance in D.C. Schools
New York allowed to Increase the Number of Charter Schools
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Cal State system may get a boost
Market for Teachers is Weakest in Years
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New DOE report on Reading Test Scores
Call for Proposals by National Council on Teacher Quality
Mass Layoffs Loom for Teachers
New York City will no longer pay some teachers to do nothing
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Is Reading is Fundamental doomed?
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And the Winners Are
Kids Maths Scores Up, Reading Scores Flat
State Education Profiles
Proposed Increase in Pell Grants
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Obama announces plan to raise academic standards
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Obama's changes to NCLB would affect schools differently
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On my reading List
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Grade Inflation at Unversity of Michigan
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Rising Grades
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Grade Inflation at Unversity of Michigan
As an example of grade inflation this graph shows grade inflation at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor from 1951-2008. In 1951 the mean GPA at University of Michigan was 2.58. By 2008 it had risen to 3.27.
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About Me
About Me
Brian P. McCall
I am a Professor of Education, Economics, and Public Policy at the University of Michigan
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