by Sarah Green | Aug 31, 2016 | News
The California Academy of Sciences is situated in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. It is a gorgeous building and one of the only places in the world where you can see so many things in one location. For the average visitor, it provides an aquarium, planetarium and...
by Sarah Green | Aug 29, 2016 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Rainier Beach High School in Seattle doesn’t have the best reputation, but that’s starting to change. Over the last two years, the school has had a 25-point increase in graduation rates, and in spring of 2016, 79% of seniors there graduated, which is higher than the...
by Sarah Green | Aug 26, 2016 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
It may seem strange to some people to imagine kids getting homework in second grade, but thanks to changes in teaching theories and the introduction of Common Core educational standards, younger and younger children have been getting reading, writing, social studies...
by Sarah Green | Aug 24, 2016 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
The Satanic Temple first came to national prominence when it tried to erect a statue of Baphomet outside of a courthouse that was planning on putting a statue of the Ten Commandments there. Since then, they have fought for the separation of church and state around the...
by Sarah Green | Aug 22, 2016 | Student Issues
Education is important to the economy. In most people’s minds, that translates to “get a degree, get a good job.” The problem is that the modern economy is one in which skilled labor is in higher demand than degrees in the humanities and other fields. It’s really...
