by Supporting Education | Apr 24, 2020 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
President Trump has announced his three-stage “Opening Up America Again” COVID-19 recovery plan, which is intended to move at a pace governed by infection numbers in any given state. Stage One maintains shelter in place and closed schools. If 14 consecutive days show...
by Supporting Education | Jan 17, 2020 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
In 2009, then-Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, under the direction of the Obama administration, took a dramatic $7 billion step towards improving poor schools around the country. They used the testing models of the No Child Left Behind Act to identify...
by Supporting Education | Jan 3, 2020 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
On December 14, at the David D. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, seven of the leading contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination spoke about their goals for American education. This is a time when American academic performance is...
by Supporting Education | Dec 9, 2019 | News, Teacher Issues
It feels like there’s always some crisis going on with teachers these days. Every news cycle, teachers are striking for better pay, more support, more staff. Their complaints are valid; many primary school teachers are paid so little they qualify for government...
by Supporting Education | Oct 25, 2019 | News, Teacher Issues
The demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, which began a strike on Thursday, October 17, 2019, are familiar by now. Living wages suited to their area. Additional resources in schools, from more paper towels and white-board markers to more teaching staff, nurses, and...
