by Sarah Green | Aug 5, 2014 | Profiles
In 2008, United Way launched its initiative to cut by half the number of students who drop out of high school through 2018. In order to achieve this, they focus on literacy and preparing students for success. United Way’s focus areas include helping children enter...
by Sarah Green | Aug 1, 2014 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Hands-on, experiential learning can be a great way to involve students of all ages in something that goes beyond the traditional classroom set-up. With the growing popularity of maker spaces—places specifically geared toward providing the community with technology,...
by Sarah Green | Jul 21, 2014 | News
A crackdown on truancy ordered by the former Education Secretary Michael Gove in the United Kingdom is causing a family a great deal of distress. Maxine Ingrouille-Kidd has said that she is being threatened with fines and prosecution if she takes her critically ill...
by Sarah Green | Jul 16, 2014 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Science experiments are a fun way to get kids interested in science with hands-on experiments. Simply learning the facts doesn’t seem to interest a lot of kids – but actually seeing it does. Here are a few fun at-home science experiments you can do with whatever you...
by Sarah Green | Jul 9, 2014 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
A new program called HEARTS- Healthy Environments and Response to Trauma in Schools—has been making headway in San Francisco, which has seen a drop of 89% of suspensions within its schools. Children that are found to be dealing with trauma, violence at home,...
by Sarah Green | Jul 7, 2014 | News
A new study by the Pew Research Center has shown that Latinos in the United States were most likely to rank education as “extremely important” to their lives. 57% of those polled found education as the most important, with 52% stating the economy and 32% saying...
by Sarah Green | Jul 4, 2014 | News
Crain’s New York has released its list of the most well connected business people, with over two hundred names on the roster. Harvard University topped Crain’s list of 50-most well-connected schools, along with Harvard’s Law and Business schools. Almost 30% of the two...
by Sarah Green | Jul 1, 2014 | News
A Detroit high school teacher is suing the East Detroit Public Schools, saying he was punished by the district after cooperating with the police after the death of a student on campus. The teacher, David Zauner, was hailed a hero after he attempted The student, a...
by Sarah Green | Jun 26, 2014 | News, Teacher Issues
Three hundred teachers and their supports have spoken out about the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, citing its wide influence over the US education system. Activists have a website, Teachers’ Letters to Bill Gates, which provides a forum online for teachers to...
by Sarah Green | Jun 20, 2014 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
According to a recent research report by the US Department of Education, over 25% of college students took at least one of their courses online in 2012. Of the US’s 21.1 million enrolled college students, 2.6 million took classes exclusively online. This follows 2.8...
