by Beth Holmes | May 10, 2021 | News, Teacher Issues
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a “teacher pipeline” bill, along with a half-dozen other education-aimed bills, on Tuesday, May 4th. His priority was Senate Bill 88, which is aimed at making teaching more accessible and more attractive. It includes new certification...
by Supporting Education | Apr 5, 2021 | News
Out of all of the possible complications presented by First Lady Jill Biden wanting to continue teaching through her husband’s presidency, almost nobody expected the two sticking points to be her name and how she files her taxes. From 2008 to 2016, while Biden was...
by Supporting Education | May 22, 2020 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
While a few states and the president looked for ways to send children back to school beginning in May, most of the country was looking more seriously at September, and at new approaches to how in-person education is organized. If, as both virologists and historians...
by Supporting Education | Feb 28, 2020 | News, Student Issues
One of the differences between high school and college that takes some getting used to is that in college, you have real standing to talk your teachers into giving you a better grade. In fact, according to a survey by two professors of economics, Cher Li and Basit...
by Supporting Education | Dec 9, 2019 | News, Teacher Issues
It feels like there’s always some crisis going on with teachers these days. Every news cycle, teachers are striking for better pay, more support, more staff. Their complaints are valid; many primary school teachers are paid so little they qualify for government...
