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How to Avoid the Tuition Trap: A Student Buyer’s Guide | Village Voice (with Alexandria Neason)

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Neil deMause

One of the quandaries of figuring out how to pay for college is that by the time you’ve figured out how heavy a debt load you’re likely to find yourself crushed underneath, it’s too late to do anything about it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Education, Student Debt

Public Servants Fear Trump Will Drown Them In Student Debt | Village Voice

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Neil deMause

Across the nation, an assortment of thirtysomething doctors, lawyers, and other young professionals are panicking. Since 2007, a federal program has promised that college graduates would be able to have their remaining student loan debt, no matter how great, forgiven … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Education, Student Debt

Desegregating NYC’s ‘Apartheid Schools’ | Village Voice

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Neil deMause

When the incoming kindergarten class arrived on September 8 at Brooklyn New School, long one of the most sought-after public elementary schools in rapidly gentrifying brownstone Brooklyn, it marked a significant change from recent years. About half of incoming students … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Education, Gentrification, Income Inequality, Race and Racism

New York Opt-Out Rates Remain High, Tests Remain Massively Confusing | Village Voice

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Neil deMause

The New York State English Language Arts tests for third- through eighth-graders kicked off on Tuesday morning, and already reports are rolling in on how many parents opted their kids out…and how many students and teachers vomited at the sight … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Education

The Future of State Tests Is: a) Promising, b) Worrisome, c) Uncertain | Village Voice

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Neil deMause

Following last year’s massive opt-out movement, the state education department rushed to announce that in 2016, things would be different: Students will be allowed unlimited time to finish, the number of questions has been trimmed, and teacher evaluations will no … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Education

Low-Income Parents Are Caught Between the Growing Opt-Out Movement and the City’s Attempts to Clamp Down on Dissent | Village Voice

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Neil deMause

If you needed a sign that the reported détente in the ongoing war over New York’s annual public school tests wasn’t all it was cracked up to be, it might have come earlier this month. That’s when news broke of … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Education

The New PARCC Tests: Are We Ready? (New Jersey Monthly)

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Neil deMause

Next March 2, public education will change. That’s when New Jersey, along with eight other states plus the District of Columbia, is due to flip the switch on the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers exams—a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Education

Flunking the Revised SATs (Extra!)

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Neil deMause

When the College Board announced on March 5 that it would be revising several elements of its SAT tests, including entirely scrapping the essay section—effectively reversing course on the biggest change in the last half century in the college placement … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Education, Media Crit

Common Core’s secrets: Why N.Y.C. students are opting out (Al Jazeera America)

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Neil deMause

NEW YORK — New York state’s new elementary- and middle-school tests made headlines recently thanks to public uproar over product placement in questions and a series of incredulous tweets from comedian Louis CK about his own kids’ test prep. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Education, New York City

New school tests don’t make the grade (Al Jazeera America)

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Neil deMause

MONTCLAIR, N.J. — This upscale, racially diverse suburb isn’t the first place you’d expect to see a pitched battle break out over school reform. In recent years, Montclair has become a frequent landing site for middle-class families looking to recreate … Continue reading →

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