by Supporting Education | Aug 9, 2019 | News, Teacher Issues
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, created in 2007, was meant to help professionals struggling under mounting education costs. Ideally, someone with federal student loan debt who works for a qualifying employer for 10 years while paying down their debt would...
by Supporting Education | Jul 12, 2019 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
There is a discrepancy in the numbers that come out of rural schools. They have higher graduation rates than urban schools (80 percent vs. 68 percent), but graduates of rural schools are less likely to go to college or finish their degrees. The numbers suggest that...
by Supporting Education | May 3, 2019 | News, Teacher Issues
Since 1952, the National Teacher of the Year Program has been recognizing excellence in education. Every state puts forward a nominee, as do four U.S. territories, the Department of Defense, and Washington D.C., and a winner is chosen by a large committee of education...
by Supporting Education | Apr 19, 2019 | News, Teacher Issues
Author James Patterson is prolific and productive, with over 147 books in print, making around $90 million a year in royalties. He vies with Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, and George R.R. Martin to hold the top spot in the list of highest paid authors in the world, and...
by Supporting Education | Feb 27, 2019 | News, Teacher Issues
In the United States, gender segregation in the workplace, across all careers, has seen a significant decline since the 1970s. Careers that were once wholly male almost all see at least a 15-percent female presence, and the same is true of the reverse. Except,...
