2018: The Year of the Teacher Facts & Figures

Some call 2018 the year of the teacher. After all, thousands upon thousands of teachers in six states hit the streets protesting their unprofessional salaries and school funding cuts, too, and the public finally took notice of their plight. Still, of the 180 classroom...

Christmas Shopping 2018: $$$$

Oops! It appears that Javascript has been disabled in your browser, and this application’s great experience relies on Javascript to function properly. Americans are hitting stores big time—brick and mortar and online–this holiday season. Indeed, after...

America’s Locked-Up Schools

As USA Today’s Greg Toppo recently noted, most of our public schools are locked up and require a keycard or for visitors to be buzzed in by someone in the main office–but only after they’ve identified themselves and stated their purpose. They may...