by Beth Holmes | May 31, 2021 | News, Student Issues
An Aquinnah Wampanoag woman is about to become the first of her tribe to attend Harvard Law School, closing a 360-year-old circle that began with one of her ancestors. When Harvard University was founded over 370 years ago, its original charter called for “provisions...
by Beth Holmes | May 24, 2021 | News, Student Issues
Charles Barkley graduated from Leeds High School in 1981, a small high school in a community outside Birmingham, Alabama. Leeds is a poor school, with over half of its student body qualifying for subsidized meals and fewer than 500 students, but a strong one. About 82...
by Beth Holmes | May 14, 2021 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
On Tuesday, May 11, the United States Department of Education released a package of federal aid for colleges and universities that amounts to just over $36 billion. The money, part of the latest pandemic relief package, will go to shore up the over 5000 colleges and...
by Beth Holmes | May 3, 2021 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Senate Bill 1456 in Arizona would have been one of the strictest laws regarding sex education in the country. It would have banned any and all sex education before fifth grade, and required parental approval for any related topic up to 12th grade, including the mere...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 26, 2021 | News, Student Issues
It’s not new for colleges to require vaccinations. Most four-year institutions in the country (between 80 and 90 percent) require at least the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, which most importantly protects against measles. While measles is rarely fatal in young...
