By Todd Ackerman Published 5:00 am CDT, Wednesday, August 15, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-4', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 4', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Billy Calzada, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Image 1of/4 CaptionClose Image 1 of 4 Texas Higher Education Commissioner Raymund Paredes, shown in this 2016 file photo, said he doesn’t consider as competitive two proposals for new medical schools, one by Sam Houston State University and the other by the University of Houston. Both programs would train doctors to work in underserved areas of Texas. less Texas Higher Education Commissioner Raymund Paredes, shown in this 2016 file photo, said he doesn’t consider as competitive two proposals for new medical schools, one by … [Read more...] about State board approves Sam Houston State medical school plan
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What’s new for fall at Colorado Springs area schools
Changes are blowing in with the fall semester for the Pikes Peak region's 17 public school districts.New superintendents are in charge at Colorado Springs School District 11 and Woodland Park School District RE-2.Three new schools with state-of-the-art features are opening to meet growing enrollment from residential development to the east and south.Students started classes Aug. 2 at School District 49’s $20 million Bennett Ranch Elementary in Peyton.Academy School District 20 is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Legacy Peak Elementary and the Center for Modern Learning in the Wolf Ranch neighborhood Tuesday.The first phase of Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8’s new middle school, to accommodate up to 1,500 students at completion, opens Monday. Colorado schools dig in to offer fresh grown foods at school cafeterias and homesSeveral districts will bring school financing measures to the Nov. 6 ballot.Many districts are making safety and security improvements to … [Read more...] about What’s new for fall at Colorado Springs area schools
Column: Education is paramount for long-term success
By Jerry Arellano, Guest columnist Published 3:38 pm CDT, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 In San Antonio, nearly 80 percent of graduates from the five colleges in the Alamo Colleges District stay in the Bexar County region after graduating to continue their education or enter the workforce. Exploring future economic growth in San Antonio is vital toward determining what job opportunities might be available for our students in the next few years. That’s why Palo Alto College has continually offered academic programs over the past 30 years that provide students with foundational skills applicable to a variety of fields and industries. Today, the college offers transfer degrees, and more than 50 specialized associate degrees and certificates in technical programs that inlude administrative computer technology, business management, computer information systems, cosmetology, energy technology, industrial technology, landscape and horticultural science, logistics and supply … [Read more...] about Column: Education is paramount for long-term success
A serious mistake
Recent news items have reminded us that the public education system in Arkansas is far from healthy. The same could be said for the country as a whole. For more than a decade, American student performance has ranked about 30th in international standings. Many people can remember when the U.S. would have ranked at the top. This decline has come about despite the rapid growth of the bureaucratic education industry--the federal and state departments of education, the accreditation organizations, and the burgeoning school administrative apparatuses. The federal Department of Education was created in 1979. No one can say that the ensuing infestation of schools with herds of "experts" has done much good. If the Department of Education were a business accountable for its performance, it would have collapsed long ago. It needs to be said that the education industry is not primarily to blame for the pitiful disaster that is our system of public education. The primary problem is parents who … [Read more...] about A serious mistake
Pilot-hungry airlines are raiding flight schools
Airlines’ insatiable demand for pilots threatens to sabotage flight schools’ ability to train new ones. Carriers are raising wages and hoarding every available pilot - including the instructors schools rely on to teach incoming students.The very pilot pipeline that is supposed to meet decades of projected labor shortfalls is being squeezed. According to a report from the Government Accountability Office, some schools have been forced to scale back operations or turn down qualified students because they do not have enough instructors.Michael Farley has been teaching at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts for 18 years. Applications for his program are up, but the aviation department chair is so short on instructors that he has had to cap the number of students in his program."In my tenure, this is unprecedented," Farley said, reflecting on the speed with which airlines were hiring recent graduates.--How the flight-school model used to workThe problem is rooted in … [Read more...] about Pilot-hungry airlines are raiding flight schools