Funding for Fine Arts

Written by Ryan R. When schools are facing financial hardships and money must be re-distributed, it is often the fine arts department that gets the short end of the stick. In fact, if the entire department is not completely cut, it is usually left hanging by a thread. My colleague Jose pointed out in […]

Funding for the Greater Good

Written by Liberty V. Edited by Sierra S. From angry Parents to confused children, funding Public schools in America is not a one step process. According to The Century Foundation “The United States is underfunding its K-12 public schools by nearly $150 billion annually, robbing more than 30 million school children of the resources they […]

Funding 101: How is funding distributed to schools?

By: Jose S. Edited by: Audrey S. Every so often, we hear the topic of school funding whether in the news, from a candidate, voters, PTA members, or teachers themselves. Oftentimes, we hear from students demanding answers about where the funding for their schools is going since a lot of their school’s programs […]

3 Great Ways to Integrate Technology into Classrooms

Written By Sierra S Technology is present! It is everywhere and continues to evolve. With each generation of kids, they grow up in the age of technology. As a college student myself I grew up with cell phones and laptops becoming the norm quickly. Teachers in my classrooms hated technology use of any kind and […]

Standardized Testing

Standardized Testing The main argument for standardized testing is that the tests allow for an accurate, unfiltered measure of what a student knows. However, we at Teacher’s Pet believe that standardized testing is one of the contributing factors for the inadequacy of US public education. This is because standardized testing only reflects how well […]

Welcome to our Blog!

Hi! Welcome to our blog! This is a student run blog assignment for our Social Media for PR class. We are trying to raise awareness about these topics in school and trying to convince families to get more involved with the process of changing the public school system. We plan on talking about funding, public […]

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