by Sarah Green | Sep 7, 2016 | Student Issues
Cursive writing used to be a regular, expected part of early education. It was important before and well into the computer era, but in the last 20 years, it has gradually fallen out of sight. These days, if students are taught cursive at all, it’s as a weeks-long...
by Sarah Green | Sep 5, 2016 | News, Student Issues
President Obama at the National Medal of Science ceremony. Photo: Jose Gil / Shutterstock.com President Obama is a nerd. A lot of people describe themselves as nerds these days, and some people think it’s “in” to be nerdy, while others resent that because they used to...
by Sarah Green | Sep 2, 2016 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The state of sex education in America is a shame. Only 13 states require that sex-education be medically accurate, which has led to an explosion of inaccurate, and sometimes even bizarre, sex education courses throughout the country. The main point of most of these...
by Sarah Green | Aug 31, 2016 | News
The California Academy of Sciences is situated in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. It is a gorgeous building and one of the only places in the world where you can see so many things in one location. For the average visitor, it provides an aquarium, planetarium and...
by Sarah Green | Aug 29, 2016 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Rainier Beach High School in Seattle doesn’t have the best reputation, but that’s starting to change. Over the last two years, the school has had a 25-point increase in graduation rates, and in spring of 2016, 79% of seniors there graduated, which is higher than the...
