If you expect to be college-bound in the United States, you are essentially required to take either, or both, the ACT or the SAT standardized tests. Your scores on these determine not only if you gain entrance into the university of your choice, but also whether or not you’re worth any money to them. Does…
Category: education
Tennessee is spending more money on education, but it isn’t going to the classroom
Tennessee ranks 39th in the nation for education. Is that in any part due to the fact that millions of dollars put towards “education” are increasingly going to people who aren’t even in the classroom? Could be. Last year, the state of Tennessee only spent 52.6% of its $10 billion education budget on “Instructional Expenditures,”…
“You just lay on the ground and play dead”
“Yeah, you just lay on the ground and play dead.” Those are the words that broke my heart. Volunteering at an after-school program for elementary students in the inner-city schools of Nashville, Tennessee changed my entire perspective. A six-year-old, told me to “lay on the ground and play dead” if someone is ever shooting at…
