Credit:Getty Images/iStockphoto By Rimsha Syed A relatively small – but vocal – community of anti-vaxxers hold a wide array of views, from the theory that vaccines are toxic to the belief that vaccines can cause autism. Although studies have debunked both myths time and time again, some parents remain steadfast in their decision to...
By Rimsha Syed Challenges continue to face the public education realm causing record numbers of parents to choose to homeschool their children. Some of the challenges include a lack of qualified teachers, course shortages, and transportation limitations. As the digital world continues to expand, online education has become one of the most popular options...
“Teachers do in fact make a lasting impact on those we teach.” By Rimsha Syed Nominated for the My Hero International Film Festival and Colorful Colorado Film Festival for Youth, Proximity Learning teacher Daniel Marcus is a beacon of hope in the eyes of young students and film critics. Marcus has been a dedicated...
By Rimsha Syed Jade Owhadi was in high school when she learned about Agent Orange (AO) from her French-Vietnamese grandmother. Deeply troubled and moved, she began to dedicate her time to humanitarian work, eventually pursuing a lifetime of grassroots community aid combined with education. “We live in a world filled with injustice and suffering,...
How the American Education System is Failing A revolutionary solution to helping the chronic disinvestment – online education. By Rimsha Syed This year, teacher walkouts and protests dominated the k-12 education sphere, bringing deeply embedded and longstanding disinvestment issues to light. Classrooms, districts, states, and the country as a whole have been severely impacted...
By Stephanie Bachman POCATELLO — Local high school seniors honored their teachers on March 28 during the eighth Teacher Appreciation Night hosted by Pocatello’s North Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Twenty-five students each recognized one influential elementary or high school teacher who has had a positive impact on their...
By Emily Tucker A year after 2018’s teacher walkout, ripples are still being made in Oklahoma, influencing legislation and inspiring members of the OU community. What began with a passionate meeting held by Oklahoma teachers on March 2, 2018, transformed into a statewide walkout within a month, when on April 2, 2018 teachers collectively...
By Jeff Rivenbark BOLIVIA, NC (WWAY) — Walk the halls at Brunswick County Early College High School and you’ll see the school’s mascot prominently displayed. The “firebird” represents rising from ashes to fly again. That’s a lesson every ninth grader learns in Alise White’s “Freshman Success” program. Every student enrolled at the school must...
By Ellen Ciurczak Teachers as young as 20 — an age that, in some cases, would make them only a couple of years older than their students — could soon be coming to classrooms in Mississippi. A new agreement between the University of Southern Mississippi and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College allows high school juniors and seniors...
By Dana Goldstein and Manny Fernandez MESQUITE, Tex. — Reading is 9-year-old Kristen Hernandez’s thing. She pores over mystery books, stories about vampires and even a college-level anatomy textbook that her mother is studying to become an X-ray technician. So when her parents, Jessica and Alberto Hernandez, found out last summer that she...