by Sarah Green | Nov 30, 2016 | Student Issues
In the late 1990s, it became apparent that there was a gender gap in math achievement among American students. A study performed in the 1998-1999 school year found that girls were falling behind in math as early as kindergarten, with the gap widening as they aged...
by Sarah Green | Dec 14, 2015 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Late in the evening on Wednesday, November 2, the House of Representatives approved the Every Child Succeeds Act, a broadly sweeping bill to revise (or outright replace) the unpopular No Child Left Behind law. Key in the revisions is the end of aggressive federal...
by Sarah Green | Aug 24, 2015 | News
Ask anyone who No Child Left Behind benefits. The children who would be left behind, of course. The controversial (and finally fading out) policy was always focused on boosting students who did not flourish on their own or with the support of typical education...
by Sarah Green | Apr 28, 2015 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Recently, 175,000 students in New York state have opted-out of taking standardized tests. The students, and their parents, as well as educators and politicians, see the new, Common Core aligned tests as unworthy of their time. The tests are harder than in previous...
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...
