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Durante gran parte del siglo XX, la docencia fue un empleo estable y de clase media en Estados Unidos. Ahora, cada vez es más difícil sobrevivir con el sueldo de un maestro: según un estudio del Instituto de Política Económica, los salarios llevan décadas estancados, y los maestros ganan...
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For much of the 20th century, teaching was a stable, middle-class job in the U.S. Now it’s becoming a lot harder to survive on a teacher’s salary: Wages have been stagnant for decades, according to a study from the Economic Policy Institute, and teachers earn 5% less than they did a...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media Millions of Americans are facing soaring health insurance premiums and rising out-of-pocket costs. Advocates warn large numbers of people will be priced out of coverage as a result, straining the broader health care system. More than 20 million people enrolled in Affordable Care Act...
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Peter Schurmann Ethnic Media Services Donald Trump has ridden the xenophobic political tiger into the White House once again, convincing Americans that immigrants in this country are an existential threat to our safety and the wellbeing of the nation. It’s a politically effective trope that in practice diverts attention...
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De todas las clases impartidas en la escuela, muchos estudiantes dicen que matemáticas es la más difícil y la menos favorita, pero muchos trabajos requieren matemáticas y los expertos están evaluando los resultados de encuestas recientes para determinar qué podría ayudar a cambiar el paradigma. Elisha Arillaga Smith, educadora...
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Of all the classes taught in school, many students say math is the hardest and their least favorite subject, but many jobs require math and experts are evaluating recent survey results to determine what could help change the paradigm. Elisha Arillaga Smith, math education and research fellow at Just...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services A medida que Estados Unidos se vuelve más diverso, también lo hacen sus votantes. En una sesión informativa del viernes 9 de diciembre de Ethnic Media Services, expertos en votación, políticas públicas y ciencias políticas discutieron quiénes son estos nuevos votantes étnicos, qué los...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services As the U.S. grows more diverse, so do its voters. At a Fri., December 9 Ethnic Media Services briefing, voting, public policy and political science experts discussed who these new ethnic voters are, what motivates them, and how their affiliations compare to their white...
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It is natural that the epidemic of addiction to fentanyl-derived drugs should occupy our attention. More than 70,000 overdose deaths a year qualify as a public health emergency anywhere in the world. But there is another public health crisis before our eyes: a recent report in the Journal of...