by Beth Holmes | Jul 25, 2022 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
The Department of Education should not exist, according to former secretary of education Betsy DeVos at a conservative group event. Betsy DeVos, daughter of billionaire Edgar Prince whose brother is the founder of notorious private military Blackwater, was the U.S....
by Beth Holmes | Jun 20, 2022 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
Sexist dress codes for children are unconstitutional, says the U.S. 4th Circuit Court about a North Carolina school wanting to force little girls to wear skirts. The Charter Day School in Leland, North Carolina was founded in 2000 with a curriculum out of 1900,...
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 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 | Mar 29, 2017 | News, Student Issues
You know an initiative is really unpopular when a flaming liberal senator and ultra-conservative think tanks are on the same side. That’s what’s happening with the private school choice policies advocated by the Trump administration. President Trump’s fiscal 2018...
