by Beth Holmes | Dec 5, 2022 | News, Other, Teacher Issues
The University of California strike could spell changes for education models across the country, according to experts. Over 48,000 academic workers working or the University of California are on strike and have been for the past three weeks. Across 10 campuses...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 26, 2022 | News, Other
Somaya Faruqi speaks for the rights of girls and women in Afghanistan, in front of the United Nations in an emotional speech. Somaya Faruqi was the captain of the Afghan girls’ international robotics team last year. In August, she fled her country as the Taliban...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 5, 2022 | News, Other, Teacher Issues
Federally funded studies must be free and accessible to the public, the White House has decided. What happens to scientific research conducted with federal funding is dictated by White House policy, and has been for decades. Until now, federally funded researchers...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 8, 2022 | News, Other, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
School police officers study school shootings nationwide in the wake of Uvalde, hoping to do better. In 2018, the armed school police officer monitoring Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, waited outside while Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people. The...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 13, 2022 | News, Other
The Defense Department is in the preschool business, with a curriculum called Early Learning Matters. There are an estimated 1.7 million children of active duty members currently in the United States. These children are three times more likely to move or have their...
