by Supporting Education | Dec 18, 2018 | News
Students at Southern New Hampshire University had an opportunity to give one girl a truly special Christmas present this year. Maggie Sloboda, a four-year-old girl who lives in Massachusetts, loves to ride her bicycle. It’s purple and pink (her favorite colors)...
by Supporting Education | Dec 12, 2018 | News, Student Issues
“When colleges review applications, all but a few consider a student’s ability to pay. As a result, high-achieving applicants from low- and middle-income families are routinely denied seats that are saved for students whose families have deeper pockets. This hurts the...
by Supporting Education | Nov 28, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Samay Godika describes himself as a Boston native who now lives in India. He is 16 and a junior in the National Public School-Koramangala in Bengaluru, India. He made a video exploring the effects of circadian rhythms on medical treatments, and it has changed his...
by Supporting Education | Nov 21, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Injini is an education-technologies incubator, a sort of support system for startup businesses focused on new technologies and new teaching methods to suit the information age. Set in South Africa, the company trains, consults, and invests in new companies from...
by Supporting Education | Nov 14, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Washington State is heavily invested in improving educational equity, and has been for some time. Two of the state’s student aid programs are among the best in the nation: the College Bound Scholarship, which offers tuition aid for every student who maintains a 2.0...
by Sarah Green | Nov 9, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Maine has a problem: a lack of youth. At 44, Maine’s population has the oldest median age in the country. The national median age is 39. But while Maine is popular among tourists, it doesn’t attract young adults, and particularly not young professionals. “The employer...
by Sarah Green | Oct 31, 2018 | News, Student Issues
The opening line from this article in The New York Times is a chilling one: “Tonight, about one out of every 10 students in New York City will sleep in a homeless shelter or in the homes of relatives,” wrote staff writer Eliza Shapiro. 114,659 students are either...
by Sarah Green | Oct 24, 2018 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
When people talk about teaching positive consent to children, there is often a lot of reluctance. Many people link the topic inextricably to sex, and therefore assume it’s inappropriate in a third-grade classroom. But Liz Kleinrock, who teaches 8- and 9-year-olds at...
by Sarah Green | Oct 17, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Jackson County Early College is a new program in Michigan, open to all high school students in the County’s thirteen school districts. Called a “focused college credit” program, it places high school students in classes with college professors, supported by guidance...
by Sarah Green | Oct 11, 2018 | Parent Issues
Children get sick more often than adults. We all know it, and their schools know it. Current estimates say that school-age children catch eight viruses a year, and those are just the ones that make them noticeably ill. Currently the American Academy of Pediatrics...
