By Jacob Schramm, Feature Editor Photo courtesy of unsplash.com Celebrities, athletes, scientists, and politicians, including former President Barack Obama, have commented on the impact that teachers have made on their lives.[1] Bill Gates credited his fourth-grade English teacher with stoking his passion for learning at a pivotal time in his life, […]
By Kyle Steenland, Associate Editor In the past year, the American Bar Association (ABA) released Standard 310 (Standard) — a standard that would impact virtually every law student currently enrolled in accredited law schools.[1] This Standard delineates precisely what constitutes a “credit hour” and sets forth the requirements needed to […]
By Matt DeSantis, Staff Writer Equal education is the bedrock of equality in general, allowing for children from impoverished backgrounds to raise themselves as high as their more fortunate peers. This equality only exists where students are afforded the same opportunities and quality of education as other schools. These […]
By Kaitlyn Burns, Staff Writer Amid highly publicized political and legal controversies that have swept the nation since Donald Trump assumed Presidential office on January 20, 2017,[1] there is one issue that has only garnered mild media attention until recently: reform of the American public education system. Coverage of […]
By Amy Kerlin, Staff Writer[1] Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972[2] is most commonly known as the regulation that requires schools and universities to provide equal athletic opportunities for females in order to receive funds from the federal government. Not commonly known, however, is that Title IX […]
By Natalia Holliday, Staff Writer Approaching 40, broken, and beat, our fictitious hero Tom realizes that his time as a landscape laborer must end soon. It is early 2014, his kids are getting older, he feels the looming onset of various medical issues, and his wife alone cannot financially […]
