by Sarah Green | Jan 29, 2016 | News
In 2012, the Washington State Supreme Court found the state in deep debt to its educational budget, a ruling called the McLeary decision. The Legislature was directed to address the issue. By spring of 2015, nothing had been done, and fed up, the WSSC levied fines of...
by Sarah Green | Jan 27, 2016 | News
The last recession had an impact on higher education spending across the country. But, for the third consecutive year, that spending has increased overall, by 4%. The data, based on 2015, is still preliminary, as Illinois and Pennsylvania are still negotiating budgets...
by Sarah Green | Jan 22, 2016 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
A coordinated wave of bomb threats put nine North Jersey school districts on lock-down this week. And happily, they were a hoax. But they pointed out a big problem for schools in the middle of an emergency like that – the hoard of parents flocking to the rescue. Even...
by Sarah Green | Jan 19, 2016 | News, Student Issues
Refugees out of Syria are the largest news story worldwide as we enter 2016. A lot of questionable facts are tossed around about this demographic, but the statistics are in, and easy to find. And the truth of the matter is that more than half of these asylum-seekers...
by Sarah Green | Jan 14, 2016 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Babysitting cats and doing students’ laundry are not the usual duties of a teacher, but very little is usual in the city of Garland, Texas right now. The day after Christmas, nine tornadoes whipped across North Texas. One plowed right through the city,...
