by Jana Hoff | Jul 15, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
While the battle over how to “fix” schools continues to rage, there are some places in the world where the fight is over whether you can even go to school at all. Should we switch to charter schools? How should we compensate teachers? How important is standardized...
by Jana Hoff | Jul 12, 2013 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Debbie Sterling Lewis is a gal in a man’s world. She is one of only 11 percent of female engineers. She recognizes that this is wrong and needs changing. While 89 percent of male engineers probably haven’t considered how lopsided the numbers are, they definitely...
by Jana Hoff | Jul 11, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
Want to get kids to read? Perhaps you could tempt them by showing them the new video from the Seattle Public Library system. What, you ask, could be so tempting? They have created a video that shows when they broke the world record for the longest book domino chain...
by Supporting Education | Jul 9, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
A high school graduation speech is supposed to be uplifting and filled with hope, right? David Guterson, the author of “Snow Falling on Cedars,” disagrees. A committee of parents and students asked the famous author to speak at Roosevelt High School’s graduation in...
by Supporting Education | Jul 5, 2013 | Parent Issues, Student Issues
Education matters, but what do you do if you are living out of your car? What if you have to sleep at a shelter because you are homeless? It can be very difficult to get a good education if you are constantly moving around. Over the course of a year, over 3,171...
