by Supporting Education | Jan 25, 2021 | News, Student Issues
In the fall of 2020, former President Donald Trump established the 1776 Commission to promote “patriotic education” (by which they really meant “nationalist propaganda”) in public schools. The commission, which consisted of 18 of Trump’s allies but no historians and...
by Supporting Education | Nov 23, 2020 | News
Jill Biden is not one to set her career aside for her husband’s, even though her husband is now President-Elect of the United States. For the eight years he was Vice President under President Obama, she never stopped teaching at Northern Virginia Community College,...
by Supporting Education | Nov 16, 2020 | News
One of the loudest grievances the country has had with Trump’s administration the past four years is his choice of Secretary of Education – Amway heiress Betsy DeVos. DeVos was outspoken before and during her appointment about her preference for private and charter...
by Supporting Education | Nov 9, 2020 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Moments before stepping on stage at a November 2 campaign rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania, President Trump posted to his Twitter feed: “Just signed an order to establish the 1776 Commission. We will stop the radical indoctrination of our students and restore PATRIOTIC...
by Supporting Education | Nov 2, 2020 | News, Student Issues
In the 2015-16 school year, U.S. students missed over 11 million in-class days due to out-of-school suspensions according to a new report from the Center for Civil Right Remedies (CCRR). For context, approximately 50 million students optimally have access to 180...
by Supporting Education | Oct 26, 2020 | News, Student Issues
While schools try and fail to return to ordinary, face-to-face class-time due to the ongoing pandemic, online education continues to be the safest option. But issues such as lack of access to reliable computers and internet stand in the way of that being an equitable...
by Supporting Education | Oct 19, 2020 | News, Student Issues
In this strange new school year, more than 50 million U.S. children are learning remotely. And as many as a third of those, approximately 16 million, are thought to have inadequate access to either a usable computer, a reliable internet connection, or both, according...
by Supporting Education | Oct 12, 2020 | News, Student Issues
For many students in the U.S., the new school year comes with online classes, teleconferencing via Zoom, Discord, or other platforms. These online courses are the prudent choice, versus the disease risk of in-person education, but they come with their own stresses,...
by Supporting Education | Oct 5, 2020 | News
Calling front-line workers the “real heroes in the midst of this pandemic,” Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on September 10, 2020, that the state would be funding a program to offer free college tuition for as many of those workers as possible. The...
by Supporting Education | Sep 28, 2020 | News, Student Issues
A study funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and conducted by a team of researchers from the Margolis Center for Health Policy at Duke University took a good look at how testing rates are affecting the impact of COVID-19 around the country, looking to find the optimal...
