Education Articles #12

http://www.dispatch.com/contentstories/local/2013/03/02/cuts-will-shortchange-students-universities-say.html

As far as the sequestering article goes, I am very disturbed by it. I depend on governmental grants and work study money to make it through college and daily expenses. Without it, I will be in quite a struggle. I find it interesting that Obama was stating that he was going to make college easier on the poor students with single mothers so they could actually afford it from funding he would push for. When actually now he is cutting what he before said he would improve. I also hate that these cuts will harm grad-students and post doctoral students in their amount of positions available. I am very disappointed in the way things for higher education are headed, but I can't say I'm surprised.



http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_22712955/k-12-student-database-jazzes-tech-startups-spooks

I feel like there may be a better way to do this than how it currently being done. I think students could be assigned numbers that correlate all through their school years and the companies could use these numbers and contact school officials and have them contact the students (or their parents) with specialized programs for certain students. I can understand these parents concerns and really am surprised that so many states have accepted this so quickly, especially with it having such a high cost. However, the schools are receiving incentives in the form of grants if they decide to use this database. I hope that when this program makes its way down here to Mississippi that we will not accept it and that our school officials will see the potential holes in the system.