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...
by Supporting Education | Dec 7, 2020 | News, Student Issues
One of the signature events in Houston, Texas is the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, also known as RodeoHouston or HLSR. Nearly 90 years old and lasting 20 days in early spring, it’s the largest livestock exhibition in the world. It takes more 35,000 volunteers to...
by Supporting Education | Nov 30, 2020 | News, Student Issues
The Rhodes Scholarship, founded in 1902, is an international award to bring postgraduate students to study at the University of Oxford, and it is one of the most prestigious academic awards in the world. Each year, it’s awarded to around 100 students, to cover their...