by Sarah Green | Feb 8, 2017 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
On February 7, 2017, a historic tie-breaking vote confirmed Betsy DeVos as the next Secretary of Education. Two Republicans voted against DeVos’s confirmation—Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska—but other than that, the vote fell completely along party...
by Sarah Green | Jan 27, 2017 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Minnesotan legislators are getting ready to make some big decisions about education in the state. While specific needs will vary by region, it’s interesting to note that the issues Minnesota is currently dealing with are pretty common across the U.S. as we head into...
by Sarah Green | Jan 20, 2017 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
By now videos and transcripts of Betsy DeVos’s education confirmation hearing have made the rounds, marking this as the first hearing to go viral on social media. The videos show DeVos unable to answer a variety of questions posed to her about guns in schools, federal...
by Sarah Green | Jan 11, 2017 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
A common topic in the discussion of educational reform is the issue of parent involvement. Traditionalists cite a past where parents taught their children the basics and the tenets of common sense while progressives tout the need for a more holistic educational...
by Sarah Green | Jan 9, 2017 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
One of the hardest things about getting kids interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields is that they simply don’t have a lot of exposure to it beyond being users of technology. Girls in particular get shorted when it comes to STEM...
