by Sarah Green | Sep 14, 2016 | News, Student Issues
It is a statistical truth that richer schools are given more money, in the US public school system. It’s a cycle of advantage—richer schools attract better, more experienced teachers, who require higher salaries and better facilities, which needs more money, which...
by Sarah Green | Sep 2, 2016 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The state of sex education in America is a shame. Only 13 states require that sex-education be medically accurate, which has led to an explosion of inaccurate, and sometimes even bizarre, sex education courses throughout the country. The main point of most of these...
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 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...
by Sarah Green | Jul 6, 2015 | News
California instituted standardized exit exams for all high school students in 2004, fully implementing the requirement in 2006. Prior to the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE), each school district had developed its own exit exams, known as the High School...
