by Sarah Green | May 30, 2018 | Teacher Issues
Tuesday, May 8, was Teacher Appreciation Day here in the U.S. If you missed it, don’t feel too bad. It doesn’t get a lot of hype. There are no commercials, no sales, no ad space dedicated to it. A few restaurants offer discounts, and principals usually bring in donuts...
by Sarah Green | Apr 25, 2018 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Immediately after the shooting in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed seventeen students and staff, Florida passed a law and assigned millions of dollars to permit and train school personnel to carry guns. The new law was named the Aaron Feis Guardian Act...
by Sarah Green | Dec 27, 2017 | News, Teacher Issues
Every year in April, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) awards a very special title: National Teacher of the Year. For 65 years, the nonprofit agency has supported and scrutinized teachers in all U.S. territories. They have no official standing or...
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...
by Sarah Green | Oct 4, 2017 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Hurricanes Irma and Maria aren’t the only forces closing schools in embattled Puerto Rico. Out of the island’s 1,460 public schools, approximately 400 were destroyed by the storms and surge and an additional 600 remain without power. And months before this, in May of...
