by Supporting Education | Jul 8, 2013 | News, Profiles
Standard & Poor’s (S&P for short) might not exactly be an education institution, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t support education. S&P’s President, Douglas L. Peterson knows that a good education is a requirement of a stable...
by Supporting Education | Jul 5, 2013 | Parent Issues, Student Issues
Education matters, but what do you do if you are living out of your car? What if you have to sleep at a shelter because you are homeless? It can be very difficult to get a good education if you are constantly moving around. Over the course of a year, over 3,171...
by Supporting Education | Jul 4, 2013 | News, Profiles, Student Issues
Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone, knows how important it is to give back–and that’s why he’s donated hundreds of millions of dollars over the years to educational causes. From the New York Public Library to scholarships in China, Schwarzman is...
by Supporting Education | Jul 3, 2013 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Supposedly, education has nothing to do with what you wear. Yet, it has enough to do with it that students have been asked to go home and change and have even been expelled for it. Most schools have a dress code even if that doesn’t include a uniform. Most children...
by Supporting Education | Jul 1, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Teachers, administrators, parents and students had been on pins and needles while awaiting the 2014 New York City budget plan. Next year’s budget has big implications for the future of education in NYC. One major issue on the table is how teachers will be evaluated...
by Supporting Education | Jun 28, 2013 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Would you like to come to work and be greeted with the phrase “Welcome back to another day in paradise?” If you are one of the lucky students of Jeff Charbonneau, you would be. Charbonneau, winner of the National Teacher of the Year award, is one charismatic guy. He...
by Supporting Education | Jun 26, 2013 | News, Teacher Issues
Regardless of how you feel about teacher assessments, changes are coming. The tide has turned, and now nearly all teachers will be evaluated based on test scores. Some people are in favor of that and some against. It may be easy to assess a classroom teacher’s test...
by Supporting Education | Jun 24, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
It’s the time of year when students jump for joy. Summer is finally here, and school is out. However, millions of parents across the nation will scramble to figure out what to do with kids over the summer. Here is a list of the top 10 nearly free activities to do so...
by Supporting Education | Jun 21, 2013 | News
Nobody undervalues the importance of going to school. It’s where we learn the fundamentals of math, science, reading and writing. But what if you couldn’t go to school since you were really sick and in the hospital? Missing a substantial amount of classroom...
by Supporting Education | Jun 19, 2013 | Parent Issues, Profiles, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
When parents and teachers get together, amazing things happen. Making the impossible possible is what this group seems to do. The National PTA, or National Parent Teacher Association, is an organization devoted to improving education, health and safety of children...
