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...
by Beth Holmes | May 22, 2023 | News, Student Issues
New College of Florida students are hosting a rebel graduation ceremony in protest over the school’s chosen speaker, Trump adviser Scott Atlas. Early this year, Governor Ron DeSantis ousted the elected board of trustees for the New College of Florida, replacing...
by Beth Holmes | May 15, 2023 | News, Teacher Issues
Teachers earn less than they did a decade ago in most states, when adjusted for inflation (and sometimes even when not.) When adjusted for inflation, only seven states have teachers earning as much or more than they were in 2014. The scale ranges from an increase of...
by Beth Holmes | May 8, 2023 | Student Issues
A college transfer often feels like a bait-and-switch to hopeful students, and that needs to be fixed. Community college, for hundreds of thousands of students, is a stepping stone to university. They advertise themselves as a cheaper path to a degree, offering...
by Beth Holmes | May 1, 2023 | News, Teacher Issues
AP Black History class is being revamped, as College Board acknowledges criticism that it watered down its content on slavery and the civic rights movement under conservative pressure. The College Board is a nonprofit organization that develops standardized tests and...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 24, 2023 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Misgendering children isn’t a reasonable religious accommodation, rules a federal court in regards to public school teachers. In 2018, music teacher John Kluge violated his school’s policy of supporting transgender students by refusing to use their proper...
