Cuts to refugee & immigrant programs exacerbate trauma but inspire resilience
For more than 30 years, MORE has helped Minnesotan refugees and immigrants with the education and support they need to become citizens and community members, often through legal and financial assistance. Now, with executive orders cutting funding and access, organizations like MORE and the people they help are at risk.
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A Los Angeles teacher chronicles week-long strike
More than 30,000 Los Angeles teachers came to terms with their school district and struck a new contract deal in January 2019 after a week-long strike. The walkout and settlement follow 20 months of failed negotiations between the teachers' union, United Teachers Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The Reporters Inc. asked one of the striking teachers to photograph the events surrounding his first week on the picket line.
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Is authoritarian-style governance becoming the American way?
Journalist Carol Larson and her husband lived, traveled and worked in the former USSR for several years before returning to the United States. Recently, they've noticed some worrying parallels between today's increasingly authoritarian-style governance and classic Soviet thinking. One example: carrying on a political plan regardless of the inconvenient reality.
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Pediatrician offers tips to help kids combat school harassment
"As children across the U.S. head back to school this fall, it's safe to assume many parents, with good reason, still worry about bullying," writes pediatrician Peter Karofsky. He's compiled a list of some back-to-school reminders to help kids, parents and teachers be proactive in case bullying becomes an issue.
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Five stage blueprint offers education system a facelift
Former high school teacher Tim Munkeby thinks the United States' education system needs a complete re-shaping. So, he's formulated his thoughts and ideas about change and improvement into a five stage blueprint. You might call it idyllic, or utopian--maybe unfeasible. Regardless, you should definitely take note.
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The election finds America divided; only education can unite this Union
Writer Tim Munkeby suggests we should find another word for the "U" in U.S.A. Maybe "Underpaid," "Unhinged," "Unnerved"? He argues "United" isn't cutting it anymore, but Americans could turn things around if they start prioritizing education--good, quality education.
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Quest for a high quality education keeps getting tougher to find, afford
Growing up, Emily Colosimo's parents stressed the importance of an education. The problem now, however, is that getting a degree has become increasingly difficult, Colosimo says. She investigates how public U.S. universities are losing state funding, leaving students struggling to pay tuition.
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Why a cookie-cutter post graduate career plan isn't for me
Kari Iverson graduated from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis two years ago. If you asked her then what her dream career might be, she would've said she wanted to be a television news foreign correspondent. But today, she has a completely different answer.
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How my grandma in Ghana helped me reclaim my American Dream
Vanessa Nyarko grew up with one of the most intelligent and fantastic people she knew: her grandmother Antieakua. Her grandmother lacked any formal education but Nyarko writes, "she wanted to make sure that I learned everything in the world to make up for her loss." But when Nyarko went to college it wasn't the dream she imagined it would be.
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Tenured professors often prioritize research over teaching, harming students' learning
Once college professors receive tenure, it's nearly impossible to fire them. While that's a good thing when it comes to decent professors dedicated to educating the next generation's great minds, it can be disastrous when bad professors, or "tenure tyrants" as Melissa Suran likes to call them, are left to their own devices. Suran asks how do we fix this tenure problem?
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