{"id":501,"date":"2021-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501"},"modified":"2021-07-25T21:33:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T01:33:33","slug":"breaking-news-feds-shut-down-nations-oldest-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Feds Shut Down Nation&#8217;s Oldest School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education Department seeks to remove school\u2019s accreditation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Washington, DC (AP)<\/strong> In a move that has surprised many experts, the Department of Education today announced that it has begun proceedings to formally remove accreditation from the prestigious School Of Hard Knocks. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced the move at a hastily-assembled press conference on the White House lawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cardona-400.jpg?resize=211%2C317&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-502\" width=\"211\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cardona-400.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cardona-400.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><figcaption>Dr. Cardona (PCO US Department of Education)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt has recently come to the Department\u2019s attention that the graduation rate of SOHK is appallingly low\u201d said Cardona. \u201cMany students, indeed nearly all of them literally die of old age before completing their education at this institution. In addition, a recent investigation indicated that the school lacks any semblance of a formal degree program, nor does it keep accurate records of student\u2019s course work or academic progress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Industry analysts expressed surprise at the move. \u201cEveryone was aware of the DoE\u2019s recent focus on for-profit institutions, but nobody saw this coming\u201d, said Guy LeStrange, education portfolio analyst for Chase. \u201cThe School of Hard Knocks isn\u2019t run on a for-profit basis, so we didn\u2019t expect it to be lumped with ITT and Wyo-Tech. Indeed, the school\u2019s unique sliding-scale fee structure continues to make SOHK an attractive option for low-income students, and those wishing to avoid excessive student-loan debt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The overall impact of the move remains unclear. \u201cGiven the lack of degree programs at the school, it may not matter much at all\u201d noted Matt Johnson, Director of Research at the Institute for Higher Tuition, an education thinktank based in Reston, VA. \u201cMany employers pay little attention to an applicant\u2019s course work at SOHK, and among those that do, few seek transcripts, relying instead on the interview process to determine how much a person has learned there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Associated Press has made several attempts to reach out to officials at the school, but has so far been unable to get a comment from them regarding the move. Other schools that have lost accreditation have typically closed their doors, often quickly, but the School of Hard Knocks has made no indication of its plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Equally unclear is the economic impact if the school is forced to close. Experts estimate the school employs nearly 300 million faculty in this country alone, and many more overseas. LeStrange noted that nearly all of the school\u2019s faculty are employed on a part-time basis, so the economic impact may be minimal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-accent-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I hope you enjoyed a bit of silliness!  Happy April Fools Day!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education Department seeks to remove school\u2019s accreditation Washington, DC (AP) In a move that has surprised many experts, the Department of Education today announced that it has begun proceedings to formally remove accreditation from the prestigious School Of Hard Knocks. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced the move at a hastily-assembled press conference on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Breaking News: Feds Shut Down Nation's Oldest School\nIn a move that surprised many experts, the Department of Education today announced that it has begun proceedings to formally remove accreditation from the prestigious School Of Hard Knocks.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sillyness","tag-humor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Breaking News: Feds Shut Down Nation&#039;s Oldest School - Down the Rabbit Hoel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Breaking News: Feds Shut Down Nation&#039;s Oldest School - Down the Rabbit Hoel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Education Department seeks to remove school\u2019s accreditation Washington, DC (AP) In a move that has surprised many experts, the Department of Education today announced that it has begun proceedings to formally remove accreditation from the prestigious School Of Hard Knocks. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced the move at a hastily-assembled press conference on the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Down the Rabbit Hoel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-26T01:33:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb04012021.jpg?fit=397%2C221&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"397\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"221\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Walt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Walt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/?p=501#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/?p=501\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Walt\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7f4c20be65423f2dc7cebca54407cdf\"},\"headline\":\"Breaking News: Feds Shut Down Nation&#8217;s Oldest School\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-26T01:33:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/?p=501\"},\"wordCount\":427,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/?p=501#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/cardona-400.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"humor\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sillyness\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/?p=501#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/?p=501\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/?p=501\",\"name\":\"Breaking News: Feds Shut Down Nation's Oldest School - Down the Rabbit Hoel\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/?p=501#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/?p=501#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/cardona-400.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-26T01:33:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7f4c20be65423f2dc7cebca54407cdf\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/?p=501#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/?p=501\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/?p=501#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/cardona-400.jpg?fit=400%2C600&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/cardona-400.jpg?fit=400%2C600&ssl=1\",\"width\":400,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/?p=501#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Breaking News: Feds Shut Down Nation&#8217;s Oldest School\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Down the Rabbit Hoel\",\"description\":\"Stories of family, creativity, and diverse distractions.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7f4c20be65423f2dc7cebca54407cdf\",\"name\":\"Walt\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ad51ded7cc10c649d921513d8c528af44f1481f71f6d72d81d235c912e0999aa?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ad51ded7cc10c649d921513d8c528af44f1481f71f6d72d81d235c912e0999aa?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ad51ded7cc10c649d921513d8c528af44f1481f71f6d72d81d235c912e0999aa?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Walt\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/therabbithoel.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Breaking News: Feds Shut Down Nation's Oldest School - Down the Rabbit Hoel","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Breaking News: Feds Shut Down Nation's Oldest School - Down the Rabbit Hoel","og_description":"Education Department seeks to remove school\u2019s accreditation Washington, DC (AP) In a move that has surprised many experts, the Department of Education today announced that it has begun proceedings to formally remove accreditation from the prestigious School Of Hard Knocks. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced the move at a hastily-assembled press conference on the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501","og_site_name":"Down the Rabbit Hoel","article_published_time":"2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-07-26T01:33:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":397,"height":221,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb04012021.jpg?fit=397%2C221&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Walt","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Walt","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501"},"author":{"name":"Walt","@id":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a7f4c20be65423f2dc7cebca54407cdf"},"headline":"Breaking News: Feds Shut Down Nation&#8217;s Oldest School","datePublished":"2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-26T01:33:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501"},"wordCount":427,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cardona-400.jpg","keywords":["humor"],"articleSection":["Sillyness"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501","url":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501","name":"Breaking News: Feds Shut Down Nation's Oldest School - Down the Rabbit Hoel","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cardona-400.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-26T01:33:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a7f4c20be65423f2dc7cebca54407cdf"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cardona-400.jpg?fit=400%2C600&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cardona-400.jpg?fit=400%2C600&ssl=1","width":400,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=501#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Breaking News: Feds Shut Down Nation&#8217;s Oldest School"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/","name":"Down the Rabbit Hoel","description":"Stories of family, creativity, and diverse distractions.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a7f4c20be65423f2dc7cebca54407cdf","name":"Walt","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad51ded7cc10c649d921513d8c528af44f1481f71f6d72d81d235c912e0999aa?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad51ded7cc10c649d921513d8c528af44f1481f71f6d72d81d235c912e0999aa?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad51ded7cc10c649d921513d8c528af44f1481f71f6d72d81d235c912e0999aa?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg","caption":"Walt"},"url":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505,"href":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions\/505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}