by Supporting Education | Jan 11, 2021 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
On January 5, 2021, a heated debate in the Salt Lake City Board of Education came to a close with a 5-2 vote. The ruling: junior high and high schools won’t reopen in February as planned, postponed instead until teachers can be fully vaccinated. The delay runs counter...
by Supporting Education | Jan 4, 2021 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
“Safety is key,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom in a press conference the morning of December 30, 2020, about starting to reopen California schools in the near future. “Just reopening a school for in-person instruction on its own is not going to address the...
by Supporting Education | Dec 28, 2020 | News
During his 2020 campaign, President-elect Joe Biden was asked about his priorities for Secretary of Education. “We need an education secretary who understands that education isn’t just what we are,” was his answer. “It’s who we are.” That answer resonated with the...
by Supporting Education | Dec 21, 2020 | News
A month ago, the names popping up in the conversation about President Biden’s pick for Secretary of Education were Alma Adams, Randi Weingarten, Congresswoman Lily Garcia, and two leaders of educators’ unions. Now in the middle of December 2020, the talk seems to be...
by Supporting Education | Dec 14, 2020 | News, Student Issues
With winter break either here or only a week away, the first report cards of the 2020-21 school year are going out. And they’re terrible. Schools everywhere in the country are reporting steep dives in the average grades of their students, with several times more...
