education

A place to hash out all opinions on education policy, charter schools, statewide testing, and what the political world is and isn't doing about it.

To Jeff Sessions, With Love
Dear Mr. Sessions, I was born and raised in the great state of Alabama and most of my, if not all of my life you have been a senator or political figure in the state. I grew up on a farm in rural north Alabama, going to a small school with only roughly 68 people in my graduating class. I obeyed the states laws and I attempted to bet he best citizen I could be.
By Megan Bradford9 years ago in The Swamp
Do We Live to Learn or Learn to Live?
These type of questions, the existential type, are the most controversial ones in most of our minds. We constantly try to elucidate them by looking at both sides and trying to decide which one of the two is better or perhaps more exact. But what if I told you that trying to find the answer this way is wrong?
By abraham villegas9 years ago in The Swamp
Effective and Moderate Social Systems in the Middle East Countries
There are always perceptions, facts, and interpretations that are often associated with any particular phenomena, incident, and any event of any sort ( e.g., political, economic, social..etc), and there is always a significant amount of variance between the three, to which I believe the underlying causes of the vast majority of the world today's problems can be attributed. As far as the variance is concerned, I don't see nothing but our bias, selfishness, and voluntary blindness as the antecedents of such variance. Put simply, the relationship between the variance ( between facts, perceptions, interpretations) and any problem of any sort is either partially or fully mediated by individual or collective bias, selfishness, and voluntary blindness.
By Marwan Al-shammari PhD9 years ago in The Swamp
Expanding The National Service
If you are a young American thinking about what to do next with your life after finishing high school or college, and you’re interested in serving greater causes than your own personal goals and pursuits, you should seriously consider becoming a volunteer. You may have your own preferences when it comes to serving but what matters is that you choose to do something to give back to those in your country and those around the world who are less fortunate than yourself. Your career goals, your family, and even your friends will understand if you choose to put things on hold for a few years, especially if you’re in your 20s still. You may like your volunteer service so much that you choose to make a career out of it too.
By Ben W9 years ago in The Swamp
Teaching Kids to Be Politically Informed In a Polarised World
Teaching Kids to be Politically informed in a Polarised World We are living in an increasingly polarised world, as is borne out by events such as Brexit, the election of Donald Trump as the President of the United States or even the political blame games in India. If there is a dominant sentiment, it is some version of "us vs. them".
By Sangeeta Motiani9 years ago in The Swamp
Supreme Court Moves Gavin Grimm Case To Lower Court
Virginia high schooler Gavin Grimm has had his day in court neatly sidestepped by the Supreme Court. After two different legal battles, the Supreme Court was supposed to hear the case March 28. It has now declined to do so as a result of President Donald Trump's decision to rescind protections for transgender students on the federal level. The case is now sent back to the lower courts for debate.
By Christina St-Jean9 years ago in The Swamp
President Trump Rescinds Federal Protections For Transgender Students
In spite of claims during his campaign that he would protect the LGBTQ population, President Trump has just done what many consider to be the very opposite: he has lifted the federal protections that were in place to protect transgender students in schools.
By Christina St-Jean9 years ago in The Swamp