by Supporting Education | Dec 7, 2020 | News, Student Issues
One of the signature events in Houston, Texas is the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, also known as RodeoHouston or HLSR. Nearly 90 years old and lasting 20 days in early spring, it’s the largest livestock exhibition in the world. It takes more 35,000 volunteers to...
by Sarah Green | Feb 24, 2017 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
It’s unlikely that any adult really enjoys having The Talk with a teenager. But avoiding the birds and the bees leads to trouble, as Texas is finding out. The Texas Freedom Network Education Fund has released a new report on the state of sex education in Texas public...
by Sarah Green | Aug 26, 2016 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
It may seem strange to some people to imagine kids getting homework in second grade, but thanks to changes in teaching theories and the introduction of Common Core educational standards, younger and younger children have been getting reading, writing, social studies...
by Sarah Green | Jun 23, 2015 | News
This spring, an investigation by an online news source found that, in less than three years, Texas judges sent more than a thousand teenagers to jail – actual adult jail, not juvie – over charges stemming from classroom truancy. Most students were locked up because...
