by Supporting Education | Jun 19, 2013 | Parent Issues, Profiles, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
When parents and teachers get together, amazing things happen. Making the impossible possible is what this group seems to do. The National PTA, or National Parent Teacher Association, is an organization devoted to improving education, health and safety of children...
by Supporting Education | Jun 17, 2013 | News, Student Issues
In a move sure to be warmly met by all students with cell phones, President Obama has said he hopes to get high-speed Internet into most schools within five years. Obama spoke to a crowd in the gymnasium at Mooresville Middle Schools in North Carolina to demonstrate...
by Supporting Education | Jun 11, 2013 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
When you think about the issues that are important to you, where do race and social justice rank? Students at the Center School, in Seattle, believe they are of the utmost importance. That is why they are protesting the transfer of Jon Greenberg, the teacher who...
by Supporting Education | Jun 7, 2013 | News, Student Issues
Two-thirds of college grads in the class of 2013 will complete school burdened with student loan debt. It will total $27,000 on average. Plus, graduating from college during a period of stagnant economic activity makes it harder for students to find and keep jobs...
by Supporting Education | Jun 5, 2013 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
In the corporate world, salaries are often linked to job performance. How should teachers be evaluated? Should teacher salaries be linked to test scores? There are several factors to consider in the debate over merit pay. On the surface, it sounds like a great...
