by Sarah Green | Feb 14, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Beginning college is always a stressful experience, moving from the tightly controlled high school environment into one where no one is going to remind you that essay is due on Monday, or tell you how to begin the networking that will be so crucial before graduation....
by Sarah Green | Feb 7, 2018 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The winter of 2017-18 is seeing one of the worst flu seasons on record, with 49 states seeing substantial flu activity and 39 of those seeing “especially high activity,” according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Schools, which are particularly...
by Sarah Green | Jan 31, 2018 | News, Student Issues
In 2016, Ballou High School in Washington, D.C. made headlines; every one of their 164 seniors had not only graduated, but had been accepted into college. A 100-percent success rate for the school, on the surface. But a closer look, taken in a joint investigation by...
by Sarah Green | Jan 17, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Back in 2011, something insidious happened to our schools. Federal funding for civics education was quietly removed from the national budget for education. One year later, only nine states required any basic understanding in civics as a prerequisite for graduation....
by Sarah Green | Dec 27, 2017 | News, Teacher Issues
Every year in April, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) awards a very special title: National Teacher of the Year. For 65 years, the nonprofit agency has supported and scrutinized teachers in all U.S. territories. They have no official standing or...
