by Beth Holmes | Mar 20, 2023 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The Texas takeover of Houston schools has many enraged, in a state that makes much of regional rights over widespread authority. On Wednesday, Texas education commissioner Mike Morath announced that the state would be taking over Houston’s public school...
by Beth Holmes | Mar 6, 2023 | News, Student Issues
Student loan forgiveness is, as for the past several years, a political firestorm and a point of national division. President Joe Biden’s administration has a plan to ease or erase the student debt of up to 43 million people, approximately one in eight...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 13, 2023 | News, Student Issues
David Balogun has just graduated high school in Pennsylvania, college credits already under his belt, and plans to go to school for astrophysics – and he’s nine years old. Graduating at nine has made David Balogun one of the youngest known children to ever...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 16, 2023 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Holding social media accountable for the behavior they reward is why several Seattle schools are suing Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube. The role of social media in public behavior has become increasingly concerning in the last few years, brought into the...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 28, 2022 | News, Student Issues
College admissions are about to drop in a big way, in another shock-wave from the 2008 recession. Beginning in 2008, the US, which had seen a long period of shallowly dropping birthrate, saw that slope suddenly careen downwards. In the space of five years, the annual...
