Following a nationwide trend, Indiana teachers are calling for action from their policymakers. Thousands of Indiana teachers have pledged to descend on the statehouse for a rally on November 19. Normally, this would place a strain on area schools, but many schools have canceled classes in anticipation of the day. Indianapolis Public Schools has canceled…
School discipline is always a hot button issue. Whether you are talking about expulsions or time-outs, everyone has opinions about the way school discipline should be handled. That’s not for no good reason either. There are many problems with the way schools currently assign and enforce discipline. This is a big deal because the school…
If you spend time around teachers at some point you have probably heard them complain about “how gullible” students are or how they “believe everything on the internet.” This is usually accompanied by some anecdote about how a student asked about a ridiculous conspiracy theory or parroted some crazy “fact” they heard on a YouTube video….
Have you ever had a teacher that gave you a ton of busywork? Teachers that hand out huge double-sided packets and expect you to have them completed by the end of class. If you have had this experience, then you have probably also thought to yourself there is no possible way your teacher would grade…
School lunch has been a huge topic of discussion lately. From school districts threatening to send children to foster care over lunch debt, to community members donating their own money to pay off unpaid lunch bills, the school lunch debate has heated up over the last year. Just recently an Ohio boy, Jefferson Sharpnack, had…
Last Wednesday, Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Aleesia Johnson gave the first-ever State of the District address. Similar to the State of the Union address given by the President of the United States every year, this speech was designed to give the community a broad overview of the current affairs of Indianapolis Public Schools. The address…
Many students depend on the meals that are provided during school. Indianapolis Public Schools has recognized this and will continue to provide meals to students in need over the break. From October 14 to October 18 IPS will serve lunch and breakfast at several schools around the city. Over 80 percent of IPS students qualify…
The teachers of Chicago have voted to authorize a strike, at least the ones in the union did. The Chicago Teachers Union took a vote on Thursday to decide whether or not to move towards a possible strike. The answer was a resounding yes. Around 94% of ballots counted by 10 p.m. Thursday night were…
A middle-aged man passed away in St. Louis from a lung illness tied to vaping last week. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), this is the 8th confirmed death tied to e-cigarettes. Unfortunately, the CDC only expects this number to rise. Electronic cigarettes or “E-cigarettes” are battery-powered devices that allow users to inhale…
It’s that time of the year when schools start receiving their standardized test grades from the previous year. With those grades comes complaints about fairness, and “teaching to the test” . . . and that’s for the schools lucky enough to get their scores as there always seems to be delays. These kinds of experiences…