Aricka Flowers
Business & Economics
Digital TV Mandate Is Proving Costly for American Consumers, Business
The Congressionally mandated switchover to digital TV is proving costly to both consumers and the industry, analysts say. The taxpayer-funded program to provide subsidies to TV owners for the switchover, the Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program, allots every U.S. household two coupons towards the purchase of the boxes, which are required ...
Aricka Flowers
July 1, 2008
Commentary
California Dropout Study Sparks Controversy
A study of California’s high school dropout rate has sparked a debate about the merits of nontraditional schools. According to the study, 41 percent of California’s dropouts come from nontraditional schools such as charter and alternative schools, which educate 12 percent of the state’s children. Critics of the study, released ...
Aricka Flowers
May 1, 2008
Digital TV Mandate Is Proving Costly for American Consumers, Business
The Congressionally mandated switchover to digital TV is proving costly to both consumers and the industry, analysts say. The taxpayer-funded program to provide subsidies to TV owners for the switchover, the Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program, allots every U.S. household two coupons towards the purchase of the boxes, which are required ...
California Dropout Study Sparks Controversy
A study of California’s high school dropout rate has sparked a debate about the merits of nontraditional schools. According to the study, 41 percent of California’s dropouts come from nontraditional schools such as charter and alternative schools, which educate 12 percent of the state’s children. Critics of the study, released ...