by Sarah Green | Jan 17, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Back in 2011, something insidious happened to our schools. Federal funding for civics education was quietly removed from the national budget for education. One year later, only nine states required any basic understanding in civics as a prerequisite for graduation....
by Sarah Green | Dec 20, 2017 | News, Student Issues
Approximately seven out of every 10 2016 high school graduates enrolled in college, whether that meant private school, public university, community college, or Ivy League. And it looks like that trend is going to continue this year. In all, 20.4 million students are...
by Sarah Green | Dec 13, 2017 | News, Student Issues
Tiernan Kriner is eight years old, attends, Maine Memorial Elementary, and likes technology and robots. He’s also sick. Tiernan has Fanconi anemia, an inherited disease that makes him seven-hundred times more prone to cancer than the average person, as well as prone...
by Sarah Green | Oct 25, 2017 | Student Issues
According to One.org, 130 million girls are being denied an education right this moment around the world. “Our leaders can make sure all girls get an education, but we need to put pressure on them to act. So we’re asking you to help us count every single girl out...
by Sarah Green | Oct 18, 2017 | Teacher Issues
A lot of the dialogue around teacher shortages revolves around urban areas—and particularly, poor urban areas. But the teacher shortage is affecting rural America, too, especially in the South. Rural areas face some unique challenges as compared to urban ones, and...
