Approximately 76% of Americans work more than 40 hours per week, 27% of workers haven't taken a personal or sick day in the past 3 years, and from 1970 to 2006 the average number of hours in a working year increased by 200. ...
Public Schools vs. Charter Schools
A sort of epic teaching battle for who can produce the best students. Charter schools have become the modern rival of public schools. The conversation has turned even uglier as Teachers Unions take charge and outright defame charter schools, with efforts to remove these entities from particular states all together. I think it’s time we call for some peace. …
Unfair Funding - Part 2
Unfair Funding - Part 3
The problem is clearly staring us all in the eye, but lawmakers refuse to see education as an importance that requires equal protections and funding. In 1973, San Antonio Independent School District vs. Rodriguez made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. The plaintiff, Demetrio P. Rodriguez, argued that any school funding system that depends on local property tax revenue is fundamentally unfair to poorer districts. Rodriguez’s sons attended an elementary school where the third floor had been condemned. It lacked books and many of the teachers weren’t certified. …