by Sarah Green | Feb 24, 2014 | Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
Much debate has been had on the value of charter schools and whether they help, or hurt, public education. But during the battle of charter schools (and vouchers for that matter) one thing has been hiding inconspicuously in the background: magnet schools. Magnet...
by Sarah Green | Feb 21, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
During his campaign, Bill de Blasio, now NYC’s newest mayor, said that charter schools with more money should be required to pay rent, one part of his plan to restructure school systems locally. Now putting his ideas into action, many of the city’s charter schools are...
by Sarah Green | Feb 20, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
The list of pros and cons for online education is long, and it’s something we’ve written about before on Supporting Education. Whether for better or worse, it’s looking more and more like technology and online education will play a vast role in education of the...
by Sarah Green | Feb 19, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
With all the pushes for more tech in the classroom, many teachers are finding themselves with technology that they don’t know how best to utilize. Which apps or programs should be used on an iPad, for example? Young children can be especially hard to plan for. Storia...
by Sarah Green | Feb 17, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
On 2/5 in Alexandria, Va., Michelle Obama spoke with a group of high school students and told them not to let financial worries stop them from getting a college education. The first lady encouraged the students to “fill out the forms” and utilize federal student aid...
