by Beth Holmes | May 30, 2022 | News, Other, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Another school shooting makes the 23rd mass shooting with casualties in the United States this May, an average of almost one a day. A teenager with a gun went from class to class through Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday, shooting children and staff....
by Beth Holmes | May 16, 2022 | News, Other, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Lincoln College, a small Illinois HBC founded the year its namesake was assassinated, will close this week, following a period of financial struggle capped by a ruinous cyberattack in 2021. 2019 was a record year for Lincoln College, with their highest ever enrollment...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 25, 2022 | News, Other, Student Issues
Student borrowers are getting help, as the U.S. Department of Education cancels federally-held debt for 40,000 and offers help for over 3.5 million more. “Student loans were never meant to be a life sentence, but it’s certainly felt that way for borrowers locked...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 18, 2022 | News, Other, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The University of Southern California has filed a lawsuit against two YouTubers who have been disrupting classes to film “prank” videos. Ernest Kanevsky and Yuguo Bai film non-consensual public pranks for posting on Youtube, with only around 100k subscribers. That...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 4, 2022 | News, Other, Student Issues
Title IX rules will soon protect the rights of transgender students, say sources inside the Department of Education. Title IX is the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools or any educational program that uses federal funding. “No...
