by Sarah Green | Oct 3, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Back in early August of 2018, Saudi Arabia took steps to cut ties with Canada. The Riyadh government blames “blatant interference” from Canada into their domestic affairs for the split, after a Canadian Minister used Twitter to speak out about the imprisonment of a...
by Sarah Green | Sep 26, 2018 | News, Student Issues
In 2016, a testing of the water in Detroit schools showed elevated levels of lead and copper. This summer, a follow-up round of testing at 24 schools found critical levels of one, the other, or both in two out of three of those. Nikolai Vitti, the Superintendent of...
by Sarah Green | Sep 19, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Many schools, perhaps most, ban the use of cell phones for students in class. A large number also forbid them from being brought to school at all. But for years, France has taken it a step farther. In 2010, the country enacted an actual law banning cell phones during...
by Sarah Green | Sep 12, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Last year, West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey had a serious bullying problem. One of the poorest-ranked schools in the state, West Side’s student body is largely well below the poverty level. Many students are homeless, and the school’s principal, Akbar Cook,...
by Sarah Green | Sep 5, 2018 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
This Oklahoma student is twelve years old, in the seventh grade, and transgender. Her family moved into the Achille Independent School District, in rural Byron County, when she was in fifth grade, and she has always attended schools there as a girl. “She’s been living...
