As if the student-loan crisis wasn’t bad enough, now there’s a proposal to create a market for loans for pre-school. The idea comes from
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Food insecurity in America: Next meal…unknown
The public health crisis in the United States is typically illustrated with alarming obesity rates and images of super-sized fast food portions. However 50
Rita Pierson: “Every kid needs a champion”
Is there any profession more important or demanding than teaching? Think about it. How many jobs require mastery of the multiplicity of skills that
5 terrifying takeaways from the NRA’s 2013 national convention
While there may be some people who have some reasonable arguments for owning a hunting rifle, it doesn’t help their cause to have the
Don’t just blame the teachers
When it comes to cheating in our schools, don’t just blame the teachers. While we’re at it, let’s give the students a break as
What we should (but won’t) learn from the latest test-cheating scandal
Georgia state prosecutors have indicted 34 teachers, administrators and principals for altering students’ answers on standardized tests in the Atlanta public school system. Is
Gun regulation is a battle worth joining
“It’s an uphill battle. It’ll never pass.” That’s what is being said about legislation that would ban military style assault weapons. Yet, as I
Corporate advertising on the school bus and in your kid’s backpack
Here’s a riddle: What’s big, bright, and yellow, rides on four wheels, and markets junk food to kids five days a week? If you
“A Place At the Table” reveals stark facts about food insecurity in U.S.
For the price of a few cans of food, I received a free ticket to a preview showing of A Place At the Table,
Go do your homework while I watch the game
“Do as I say, not as I do.” Do you remember that expression? It’s stuck in my memory from childhood days. Lately it has been