by Sarah Green | Sep 8, 2014 | Guest Author, Parent Issues, Student Issues
Educators and lawmakers are always looking for ways to improve the education system, and lately those improvements have focused on teaching STEM, or science, technology, engineering, and math. The idea, say policymakers, advocates, and executives, is that more focus...
by Sarah Green | Aug 28, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Virginia GOP Governor Bobby Jindal is suing the Obama administration over the recently-rolled-out Common Core standards for math and reading. Jindal says Washington is illegally manipulating grant money and regulations to the tune of $4.3 billion to force states to...
by Sarah Green | Mar 14, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
President Obama announced Tuesday that his administration’s 2015 budget proposal will include an increase of $1.3 billion in discretionary appropriations for the Department of Education. The President is asking to expand early education, strengthen teacher support and...
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...
