by Beth Holmes | Nov 28, 2022 | News, Student Issues
College admissions are about to drop in a big way, in another shock-wave from the 2008 recession. Beginning in 2008, the US, which had seen a long period of shallowly dropping birthrate, saw that slope suddenly careen downwards. In the space of five years, the annual...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 21, 2022 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Education for careers is First Lady Jill Biden’s focus in her latest public appearance, at a student leader conference for National Apprentice Week in Chicago on Monday. “Education has always been about jobs. And it isn’t a red issue or a blue issue. It’s an...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 14, 2022 | News, Teacher Issues
A Maryland teacher falsely reported a mass-stabbing at her elementary school, and then took her 27 kindergarten students off-campus through the woods. Around noon on Thursday, deputies in Frederick County received a call about multiple stabbings at Green Valley...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 7, 2022 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Algorithms capable of writing essays are becoming a problem for teachers trying to keep students from cheating. If you get on your favorite search engine and look for help writing essays or homework assignments, many of the top results will be, under clever...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 31, 2022 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
Our education system needs real change and improvement, according to the Nation’s Report Card and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. The Nation’s Report Card, which is a periodic survey drawing on teachers and students in all grades and all states by...
