by Beth Holmes | Aug 11, 2023 | News, Teacher Issues
Closing libraries in schools is the latest terrible education decision to come out of Texas. The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is a massive school district, the largest in Texas and eighth largest in the country. It has 274 schools serving around 200,000...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 26, 2023 | News, Student Issues
Homeless students have rights with regards to their schooling, and everyone should know them. These rights are federally protected. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (MVHAA) was the first substantial federal legislation to address homelessness, and it was...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 22, 2023 | News, Teacher Issues
Teaching skills took a decline during the pandemic, according to a report by an education think tank from Arizona State University. The 2022-2023 school year was considered the first ‘normal’ year since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, restoring a few...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 10, 2023 | News, Other
Conservative censorship expanded further this weekend with several more states enacting laws limiting free speech in schools and libraries. In Iowa, a new law was enacted Saturday that prohibits public and charter schools from discussing gender identity or sexual...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 3, 2023 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Transitioning students will face new roadblocks in UK schools under the dictates of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. On Sunday, video surfaced of Sunak publicly making derogatory jokes about men who support trans women, saying that doing so makes them unfit to lead the...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 29, 2023 | News, Student Issues
Justice Alito, Jr. may have taken expensive gifts from Paul Singer, a billionaire currently fighting for the Supreme Court to block student-loan forgiveness. In 2008, Washington D.C. was beginning to (very casually) toss around the idea of student-loan forgiveness...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 19, 2023 | News, Parent Issues
Avoiding the summer slide takes parental involvement, teachers say. Here are some of their tips. According to teachers, the long summer break often leads to a breakdown of skills learned over the past year, the so-called “summer slide.” It can set students back when...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 12, 2023 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The Bible may wind up banned in Utah schools for ‘vulgarity or violence,’ as parents push back against draconian laws meant to censor LGBT and anti-racist content. In 2022, Utah passed a law banning any book containing “pornographic or indecent” content...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 5, 2023 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
The Stay Safe book, sent home with very young children in Dallas, Texas, is using Winnie the Pooh and Piglet to teach kids how to stay safe in a mass shooting. Stay Safe was produced by a law enforcement consulting firm in Houston to present the FBI-advised tactics...
by Beth Holmes | May 29, 2023 | News, Other, Parent Issues
The Ten Commandments won’t be required to be displayed in public school classrooms, with the failure of a GOP-backed bill in Texas. Senate Bill 1515, written by Republican state senator Phil King, would have required that the Ten Commandments, a set of rules of...
