by Supporting Education | Nov 15, 2019 | News, Student Issues
“Be brave enough to start conversations that matter” says a big blue sign on a menstrual hygiene display. The sign, and books about adolescent health, are sitting on tables at Colony High School in Palmer, Alaska. Colony, along with the other schools in the...
by Supporting Education | Nov 11, 2019 | News, Student Issues
“Every issue that they have discussed the past 12 years, and every policy they’ve made, it’s either indirectly or directly affected me,” said Mike Kahoe, a senior at Revere High School in Bath Township, Ohio. “So who better to critique and improve upon that policy...
by Supporting Education | Nov 4, 2019 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
Certain parts of the way we operate schools in America are embedded in tradition. Our parents did it one way, so they want to perpetuate that, even in the face of changing cultural needs or scientific proof that a change may be in order. Frog dissections. Football...
by Supporting Education | Oct 25, 2019 | News, Teacher Issues
The demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, which began a strike on Thursday, October 17, 2019, are familiar by now. Living wages suited to their area. Additional resources in schools, from more paper towels and white-board markers to more teaching staff, nurses, and...
by Supporting Education | Oct 18, 2019 | News, Student Issues
In the current run-up to the 2020 election, education is a hot topic on candidates’ tongues. Beto O’Rourke wants to increase student loan forgiveness programs, especially for teachers. Bernie Sanders wants free tuition in public colleges and universities. Warren wants...
