by Beth Holmes | Jun 5, 2023 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
The Stay Safe book, sent home with very young children in Dallas, Texas, is using Winnie the Pooh and Piglet to teach kids how to stay safe in a mass shooting. Stay Safe was produced by a law enforcement consulting firm in Houston to present the FBI-advised tactics...
by Beth Holmes | May 29, 2023 | News, Other, Parent Issues
The Ten Commandments won’t be required to be displayed in public school classrooms, with the failure of a GOP-backed bill in Texas. Senate Bill 1515, written by Republican state senator Phil King, would have required that the Ten Commandments, a set of rules of...
by Beth Holmes | May 22, 2023 | News, Student Issues
New College of Florida students are hosting a rebel graduation ceremony in protest over the school’s chosen speaker, Trump adviser Scott Atlas. Early this year, Governor Ron DeSantis ousted the elected board of trustees for the New College of Florida, replacing...
by Beth Holmes | May 15, 2023 | News, Teacher Issues
Teachers earn less than they did a decade ago in most states, when adjusted for inflation (and sometimes even when not.) When adjusted for inflation, only seven states have teachers earning as much or more than they were in 2014. The scale ranges from an increase of...
by Beth Holmes | May 8, 2023 | Student Issues
A college transfer often feels like a bait-and-switch to hopeful students, and that needs to be fixed. Community college, for hundreds of thousands of students, is a stepping stone to university. They advertise themselves as a cheaper path to a degree, offering...
by Beth Holmes | May 1, 2023 | News, Teacher Issues
AP Black History class is being revamped, as College Board acknowledges criticism that it watered down its content on slavery and the civic rights movement under conservative pressure. The College Board is a nonprofit organization that develops standardized tests and...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 24, 2023 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Misgendering children isn’t a reasonable religious accommodation, rules a federal court in regards to public school teachers. In 2018, music teacher John Kluge violated his school’s policy of supporting transgender students by refusing to use their proper...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 10, 2023 | News, Student Issues
Community colleges are seeing less and less enrollment, despite the fact that they’re cheaper than ever. According to a survey of schools run by the Seattle Times, the number of students enrolled in community colleges has fallen by over a third since 2010, a...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 3, 2023 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The Parents’ Bill of Rights Act proposed by the GOP is mostly a way to strip education down to only what the most most conservative voices want taught. The so-called Parents’ Bill of Rights Act passed on Friday in the House of Representatives. It...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 29, 2023 | News, Teacher Issues
Menstrual cycles may be about to become the new banned topic in grade schools in Florida, along with sexuality and race. Legislation in Florida is moving through the state House of Representative to ban any discussion of human sexuality topics, including menstrual...
