Aaron Gifford
Author
Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.
LATEST
Upstate NY School District Under Investigation for Allegedly Placing Student in Time-Out Box
The district superintendent has been reassigned to ‘home duties’ while a principal and a teacher are on administrative leave pending the state investigation.
|
In Growing Number of States, Every Student Gets Free Meal at School
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers in several states decided to make free food at school for all students a permanent arrangement.
|
New York, Blue States Plan Big Spending Boost on English Instruction
Illegal immigration increased the K-12 student population by more than 20,000 students in the nation’s largest school district.
|
Congress Asked to Break Up $40 Billion Pay-to-Play Youth Sports Industry
What was once a public good is now a massive profit extraction machine, a witness told a House committee.
|
New Jersey Poised to Eliminate High School Exit Exam, Like Most States
Supporters of tossing the test said students don’t take it seriously and classroom time can be better spent. Critics say we’re making it too easy to graduate.
|
This Maine School Swapped Detention for Hikes. We Visited to See if It Works.
Disruptive students put away their phones, walk in the woods, and talk about life for a while.
|
DOJ Sues Minneapolis Schools for Racial Discrimination Against Employment Candidates
The current contract with the teachers’ union also stipulated layoff and employee benefit decisions by race and gender, the lawsuit said.
|
Arizona Will Remove DEI From Public Schools
The process begins next month with changes expected by September. The state teachers’ union opposes the measure.
|
Federal Student Loan Applicants to Be Warned About Colleges With Low Graduate Earnings
Updated federal data indicate that average incomes from degree and certificate-granting institutions range from $10,985 to $139,211.
|
Suspensions Down, Violence Up: How Obama-Era Policy Fuels School Discipline Crisis
Many parents are unaware of the ‘restorative justice’ that replaced traditional discipline in one in three schools to level suspension rates across races.
|
Upstate NY School District Under Investigation for Allegedly Placing Student in Time-Out Box
The district superintendent has been reassigned to ‘home duties’ while a principal and a teacher are on administrative leave pending the state investigation.
|
In Growing Number of States, Every Student Gets Free Meal at School
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers in several states decided to make free food at school for all students a permanent arrangement.
|
New York, Blue States Plan Big Spending Boost on English Instruction
Illegal immigration increased the K-12 student population by more than 20,000 students in the nation’s largest school district.
|
Congress Asked to Break Up $40 Billion Pay-to-Play Youth Sports Industry
What was once a public good is now a massive profit extraction machine, a witness told a House committee.
|
New Jersey Poised to Eliminate High School Exit Exam, Like Most States
Supporters of tossing the test said students don’t take it seriously and classroom time can be better spent. Critics say we’re making it too easy to graduate.
|
This Maine School Swapped Detention for Hikes. We Visited to See if It Works.
Disruptive students put away their phones, walk in the woods, and talk about life for a while.
|
DOJ Sues Minneapolis Schools for Racial Discrimination Against Employment Candidates
The current contract with the teachers’ union also stipulated layoff and employee benefit decisions by race and gender, the lawsuit said.
|
Arizona Will Remove DEI From Public Schools
The process begins next month with changes expected by September. The state teachers’ union opposes the measure.
|
Federal Student Loan Applicants to Be Warned About Colleges With Low Graduate Earnings
Updated federal data indicate that average incomes from degree and certificate-granting institutions range from $10,985 to $139,211.
|
Suspensions Down, Violence Up: How Obama-Era Policy Fuels School Discipline Crisis
Many parents are unaware of the ‘restorative justice’ that replaced traditional discipline in one in three schools to level suspension rates across races.
|