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 | May 15, 2020 | News, Student Issues
In the U.S., there are more than 55 million children of school age, and this year they have all, each and every one, had their education massively interrupted in a way usually only seen in countries at war. Some schools, either by state or by district, are scrambling...
by Supporting Education | May 1, 2020 | News, Student Issues
The SAT, that tool of college admission, has always been a communal experience – a few hundred students in a gym or lecture hall, each at their own desk, quietly scratching away at the standardized questions under the eyes of a team of proctors. But in light of the...
by Supporting Education | Apr 24, 2020 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
President Trump has announced his three-stage “Opening Up America Again” COVID-19 recovery plan, which is intended to move at a pace governed by infection numbers in any given state. Stage One maintains shelter in place and closed schools. If 14 consecutive days show...
by Supporting Education | Apr 15, 2020 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
In the middle of March, hundreds rallied on the steps of the Washington State Capitol Building to protest a bill that would require sex and health education for every student in the state, at every age. They called on Governor Jay Inslee to veto Senate Bill 5395,...
