by Beth Holmes | Jul 5, 2021 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
A “sanctuary schools” resolution has passed in a unanimous vote by the Philadelphia school board, promising protection to immigrant students and their families. For several months, the school board has worked with Juntos, a South Philadelphia immigrants rights...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 1, 2021 | News, Teacher Issues
Stressed teachers are not effective teachers. It’s true in any industry, but perhaps the most in these people who are responsible for the education and molding of unpredictable children and their equally unpredictable parents. “It’s concerning,” said Elizabeth...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 21, 2021 | News, Other
While student debt looks to be one of the peak issues of the current political field, school debt also ought to be part of the conversation. More than 1,200 colleges, most of them privately owned, for-profit schools, owe money to the federal Department of Education....
by Beth Holmes | Jun 11, 2021 | News, Student Issues
Verda Tetteh, an immigrant student about to go to Harvard, turns down a scholarship and asks that it be given to a community college student instead. Tetteh grew up understanding strength and resourcefulness. Her family emigrated to the United States from Ghana when...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 7, 2021 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Three states have passed laws in the past year preventing teachers from teaching about racism. Idaho’s new law calls it ‘indoctrination’ to teach critical race theory. All critical race theory means is to educate students on the ongoing presence of...
by Beth Holmes | May 31, 2021 | News, Student Issues
An Aquinnah Wampanoag woman is about to become the first of her tribe to attend Harvard Law School, closing a 360-year-old circle that began with one of her ancestors. When Harvard University was founded over 370 years ago, its original charter called for “provisions...
by Beth Holmes | May 24, 2021 | News, Student Issues
Charles Barkley graduated from Leeds High School in 1981, a small high school in a community outside Birmingham, Alabama. Leeds is a poor school, with over half of its student body qualifying for subsidized meals and fewer than 500 students, but a strong one. About 82...
by Beth Holmes | May 14, 2021 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
On Tuesday, May 11, the United States Department of Education released a package of federal aid for colleges and universities that amounts to just over $36 billion. The money, part of the latest pandemic relief package, will go to shore up the over 5000 colleges and...
by Beth Holmes | May 10, 2021 | News, Teacher Issues
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a “teacher pipeline” bill, along with a half-dozen other education-aimed bills, on Tuesday, May 4th. His priority was Senate Bill 88, which is aimed at making teaching more accessible and more attractive. It includes new certification...
by Beth Holmes | May 3, 2021 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Senate Bill 1456 in Arizona would have been one of the strictest laws regarding sex education in the country. It would have banned any and all sex education before fifth grade, and required parental approval for any related topic up to 12th grade, including the mere...
