Author: Jason Free

You want students engaged in learning that helps them prepare for their future? It really isn’t that complicated. Students should be paid for their education. Starting in the 9th grade, students ought to spend no more than 75% of their school time on campus. They should spend 25% of their school time working onsite at a local business. By the time the student reaches the 12th grade, they should spend no more than 25% of their school time on campus. They should...

This approach reminds us of the bake sales schools have in order to make up for a lack of funding. They feed us amazing, sugary sweets, but they generate a fraction of a fraction of the money needed to make sure our students and teachers have the resources needed for a quality education. Like we always ask, who benefits the most from a well-educated population? Our never-changing answer: Business. Business ought to pay an overwhelming majority, if not 100%, of our...

There is no better snapshot of our country today than this “event”. The realities vs. the perceptions. The motives vs. blind ignorance. If you hope we will come together to create a happy ending, you are going to be very, very disappointed.

Read the full article by Robert T. Chase and Yalile Suriel HERE.   Students have countless opportunities to cast light upon their scumbag schools exploiting prison labor.    

Read the full article by Samantha Schmidt, Jessica Contrera, Rebecca Tan, Hannah Natanson, and John Woodrow Cox HERE.   Each city needs to coordinate with one another, leveraging their efforts to build momentum, otherwise, their impacts will fade.