by Sarah Green | Oct 4, 2017 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Hurricanes Irma and Maria aren’t the only forces closing schools in embattled Puerto Rico. Out of the island’s 1,460 public schools, approximately 400 were destroyed by the storms and surge and an additional 600 remain without power. And months before this, in May of...
by Sarah Green | Sep 20, 2017 | News, Student Issues
While anti-immigration advocates will go on and on about the concept of “anchor babies,” American-born children of undocumented immigrants exploited as a get-out-of-deportation card, there really isn’t any such thing anymore. Between half a million and 800,000...
by Sarah Green | Sep 6, 2017 | News, Student Issues
Chicago has one of the largest public school districts in the United States, with nearly 400,000 students in 660 schools. Their graduation rate is historically low, recent improvements bringing it up to 73 percent, still 10 percentage points below the national...
by Sarah Green | Aug 9, 2017 | News, Student Issues
A total eclipse has not passed coast to coast through the continental U.S. since 1918. The solar event on August 21, 2017, will pass through 14 states, from Oregon to South Carolina, across many heavily populated zones. States along the path of totality are predicting...
by Sarah Green | Aug 2, 2017 | News, Student Issues
America is failing its kids when it comes to early education. One of the best practices that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has identified for educational success is an early start, and in this arena, the United States falls...
