by Sarah Green | Feb 28, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
In 1998 California passed Proposition 227 which states that bilingual students cannot learn to read and write in any language other than English. Sixteen years later certain parts of the state, San Francisco in particular, have found loopholes around the law that are...
by Sarah Green | Feb 26, 2014 | Parent Issues, Profiles, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Renaissance Learning began in 1984 when Judi and Terry Paul wanted their kids to read more books. Today the company sells the world’s most widely used reading software with more than 20 million students and teachers using their products. Google Capital recently...
by Sarah Green | Feb 24, 2014 | Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
Much debate has been had on the value of charter schools and whether they help, or hurt, public education. But during the battle of charter schools (and vouchers for that matter) one thing has been hiding inconspicuously in the background: magnet schools. Magnet...
by Sarah Green | Feb 21, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
During his campaign, Bill de Blasio, now NYC’s newest mayor, said that charter schools with more money should be required to pay rent, one part of his plan to restructure school systems locally. Now putting his ideas into action, many of the city’s charter schools are...
by Sarah Green | Feb 20, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
The list of pros and cons for online education is long, and it’s something we’ve written about before on Supporting Education. Whether for better or worse, it’s looking more and more like technology and online education will play a vast role in education of the...
