by Sarah Green | Jun 7, 2017 | Student Issues
College is a very different experience from high school. First of all, the courses are much more difficult. Second, your parent or guardian isn’t there to remind you to do your homework. You’ll probably also have to balance academics, work, and social life. Here...
by Sarah Green | May 31, 2017 | Student Issues
When it was first announced that Vice President Mike Pence would be the speaker of note at the commencement ceremony for graduates of the University of Notre Dame, plenty of students’ first impulse was not to attend. But that would be letting the political Right rob...
by Sarah Green | May 24, 2017 | Student Issues
Tennessee recently became the first state to offer tuition-free community college. Tuition-free community college will provide access to higher education for those who might have previously been excluded from such a luxury. The approved bill will expand the 2014...
by Sarah Green | May 17, 2017 | News, Student Issues
Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden, Massachusetts, has a dress code that is designed to equalize students by forbidding expensive hairstyles and clothes that could create socioeconomic class barriers. The trouble is, the code seems to have been applied...
by Sarah Green | May 10, 2017 | News
The 1990s were a good time for children’s education-themed TV. For the very young, Sesame Street had just been given new life, and for those in elementary school, there were Bill Nye the Science Guy, The Magic School Bus, Wishbone, Ghostwriter, Carmen Sandiego, and...
by Sarah Green | May 3, 2017 | News, Student Issues
Overall, kids entering the first grade are better readers than they were 12 years ago. This is according to a study from The Ohio State University, which has found that many students are learning in kindergarten the basic reading skills they had been learning in first...
by Sarah Green | Apr 26, 2017 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
Under IDEA, the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, public schools across the U.S. are required to provide accommodations to those who need them to access one of our most important rights, the right a free and equal education. For some, those...
by Sarah Green | Apr 19, 2017 | News, Student Issues
Although adults are better at paying attention to things, children notice and remember more. A new study from The Ohio State University have found that adults are better at focusing on things they are instructed to focus on than children, but that children given the...
by Sarah Green | Apr 17, 2017 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
On March 6, 2017, Amy Robertson was hired to be the new head principal of Pittsburg High School, in Kansas. Supposedly, she was vetted by a committee of teachers and staff from the district, selected with all the care due someone who would be so pivotal to the...
by Sarah Green | Apr 14, 2017 | News, Student Issues
Franklin and Marshall College, a private liberal arts institution located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is introducing a revolutionary new program that seeks to develop a culture of resilience on campus. The program, called the Mehlman Talent Initiative, will empower...
