by Beth Holmes | Oct 31, 2022 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
Our education system needs real change and improvement, according to the Nation’s Report Card and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. The Nation’s Report Card, which is a periodic survey drawing on teachers and students in all grades and all states by...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 24, 2022 | News, Parent Issues
DNA kits are being sent out to the parents of Texas school students “in case of an emergency.” In 2021 after a school shooting in Santa Fe that killed eight high school students and two teachers, the Texas state legislature passed Senate Bill 2158. It’s a law...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 22, 2022 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
Free school lunches for all students, as California revs up the country’s first Universal Meals program. According to experts, 1 out of every 5 Californians is food-insecure, meaning that on a regular basis, they don’t know if they’ll be able to feed...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 15, 2022 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
‘Divisive concepts’ are the divisive topic in a Minnesota school, where the board is trying to censor teachers from teaching history. In the Becker district, a Minnesota school district from the north of Minneapolis, three school board members have put...
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...
