by Sarah Green | Sep 7, 2016 | Student Issues
Cursive writing used to be a regular, expected part of early education. It was important before and well into the computer era, but in the last 20 years, it has gradually fallen out of sight. These days, if students are taught cursive at all, it’s as a weeks-long...
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 | 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 | Apr 4, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The Common Core, for those of you unaware, is a set of “standards”, skills and requirements children need to understand by the end of the school year. From a Common Core website, it describes it as “learning goals to help prepare students for college, career and...
by Sarah Green | Mar 28, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Skepticism surrounding the Common Core Curriculum has grown in the past few months, but no state had decided to forgo the curriculum and pull out of the program – until now. Last month the Indiana State Senate voted 36-12 to advance a bill that would void all Common...
