Posts Tagged ‘schools’

Yikes! Middle School!

Middle school. Every fifth-grader looks forward to it, but at the same time dreads it. It’s a big change but soon you will feel that you belong there.



Letters to the Editor

Police in schools, greenhouse gases and more.



Schools Shut Down

Big cities across the United States are announcing plans to close what they call “failed schools.”



Advertising Sleuth

See how many junk food and other corporate ads you can find at your school.



Group Goes to Court to Seek MORE MONEY for Schools

On average, around the country we spend about $900 less per student each year in the school districts with more poor and minority students than we do in schools with more wealthy and white students. In 1993 the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, CFE, (fiscal means money, and equity means fairness) launched a lawsuit against the state of New York demanding more money for schools. Groups like CFE all over the country are fighting for fair distribution of resources for education.