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...
