by Beth Holmes | Jul 26, 2021 | News, Student Issues
Indian Education is a hot topic in Montana as civil rights groups file a lawsuit against the state, alleging it has failed to meet constitutional obligations regarding education about Native American history and culture. In 1972, Montana embedded in its constitution a...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 19, 2021 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
A huge increase in the education budget is a keystone feature of the latest spending bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. The spending legislation for fiscal year 2022 was released on July 11, 2021, by a House appropriations subcommittee. Unlike previous years...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 12, 2021 | News, Profiles, Student Issues
Ku Stevens will run 50 miles in remembrance of his great-grandfather’s escape attempts from the Stewart Indian School in Nevada. When Stevens’ great-grandfather, Frank Quinn, was a child, he was placed in the Stewart Indian School, a military-style...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 5, 2021 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
A “sanctuary schools” resolution has passed in a unanimous vote by the Philadelphia school board, promising protection to immigrant students and their families. For several months, the school board has worked with Juntos, a South Philadelphia immigrants rights...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 1, 2021 | News, Teacher Issues
Stressed teachers are not effective teachers. It’s true in any industry, but perhaps the most in these people who are responsible for the education and molding of unpredictable children and their equally unpredictable parents. “It’s concerning,” said Elizabeth...
