by Supporting Education | Mar 29, 2019 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
Yale has joined the list of universities to revoke the admissions of students linked to the latest nationwide scandal, that of wealthy and connected families bribing their way into elite schools. Without identifying the student in this instance, Yale University...
by Supporting Education | Mar 22, 2019 | News, Student Issues
In 2018, a study was conducted for Australian National University into the effects of childhood literary immersion on long-term literacy. They found that adults who grew up in a home rich with books (and presumably, parents who valued books) performed as well in...
by Supporting Education | Mar 6, 2019 | News, Student Issues
Every year, we see the same depressing statistics about disparities in school funding between white and nonwhite areas. And every year there’s much hand-wringing on both sides of the political aisle about how this has to change. And every year, nothing changes. So...
by Supporting Education | Feb 27, 2019 | News, Teacher Issues
In the United States, gender segregation in the workplace, across all careers, has seen a significant decline since the 1970s. Careers that were once wholly male almost all see at least a 15-percent female presence, and the same is true of the reverse. Except,...
by Supporting Education | Feb 20, 2019 | News, Teacher Issues
The salaries of our country’s teachers have become a subject of the news. Whether or not you agree with school pay scales, you’ve seen protests, strikes, and legislation around the topic year after year. And despite all of this action, the salaries of our educators...
