by Sarah Green | Feb 3, 2017 | News, Student Issues
George Washington University opened a new kind of facility in 2016, in an unmarked room in the basement of a residence hall. It’s a free food bank for students who might otherwise skip meals to save costs. The GW store, which is “run” by a cardboard hippo with a...
by Sarah Green | Feb 1, 2017 | News, Student Issues
In the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden), it is generally accepted that girls are better readers than boys, which is borne out by a lot of testing. Tests administered to students at the ages of 10, 15, and 16-24 bear this out, with the gap...
by Sarah Green | Jan 30, 2017 | News, Student Issues
Social media has many benefits, but there are certainly some side effects that are causing problems, especially for teenagers. A recent study by researchers from the Wales Institute for Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD) found that 1 in 5...
by Sarah Green | Jan 27, 2017 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Minnesotan legislators are getting ready to make some big decisions about education in the state. While specific needs will vary by region, it’s interesting to note that the issues Minnesota is currently dealing with are pretty common across the U.S. as we head into...
by Sarah Green | Jan 20, 2017 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
By now videos and transcripts of Betsy DeVos’s education confirmation hearing have made the rounds, marking this as the first hearing to go viral on social media. The videos show DeVos unable to answer a variety of questions posed to her about guns in schools, federal...
