by Beth Holmes | Nov 21, 2022 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Education for careers is First Lady Jill Biden’s focus in her latest public appearance, at a student leader conference for National Apprentice Week in Chicago on Monday. “Education has always been about jobs. And it isn’t a red issue or a blue issue. It’s an...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 7, 2022 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Algorithms capable of writing essays are becoming a problem for teachers trying to keep students from cheating. If you get on your favorite search engine and look for help writing essays or homework assignments, many of the top results will be, under clever...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 17, 2022 | News, Student Issues
Dolly Parton and her ‘Imagination Library’ has come to California, with a new bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Singer Dolly Parton was inspired by her father’s struggles with illiteracy to make sure as many children as possible learn to read, and...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 3, 2022 | News, Student Issues
Illinois youth have taken sexual health education into their own hands with a group-written handbook. “Shattering the Taboo” is the title of a sex education handbook written by a coalition of Chicago students, meant to help de-stigmatize teaching what teenagers need...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 29, 2022 | News, Student Issues
Defrauded borrowers are to be forgiven almost $4 billion in debt by the Department of Education, in the continuing fallout of ITT Technical Institute. Until 2016, ITT Educational Services was one of the largest for-profit educational operator in the U.S. It shut its...
