Winter 2024 Class Blogs - Page 10 of 16

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West Bloomfield High School in Context

West Bloomfield High School is the only public high school within its district, containing 1,817 students and having a student-teacher ratio of 19 to 1. The school is ranked 93rd in Michigan with many opportunities for its students to excel. In the late twentieth century, the district has responded to growing enrollment by building a […]

Yousef – A small look into the living situation in Gaza

825: “Yousef” Is the name of a podcast that includes a collection of calls made between early December and the present to Yousef Hammash, a man in Gaza. He talks about the struggles of life in the midst of a warzone, as he and his family are living through it. Being the first time I’ve […]

Monroe Public Schools works to boost social media presence

Here is a Youtube video that promotes Monroe Public Schools by Josh Nagel. Please see this message from the Monroe Township Public Schools: https://t.co/jiV6I6HUEJ@MonroeTwpEA @BravesWMS @WilliamstownHS — Monroe Township Public School District (@PublicMonroe) August 21, 2019 Monroe Public Schools Twitter page shares updates on school closings, game days and times and so much more. View […]

Monroe High School: where your children succeed

Monroe High School is a public school located in Monroe county. The school serves grades 8-12 and has 1,304 total students. Monroe High School has a predominately white demographic. 74.21% of students classify as white. 55.21% of the students are considered to have a economic disadvantage and 18.38% of students have a disability. Monroe High […]

Fraser 3rd-grade MSTEP scores drop for most elementaries across district

Third-grade students in Fraser Public Schools elementaries have had falling math scores, overall, for the past several years. The most recent MSTEP math scores, in fact, showed that students at just one of Fraser’s schools outperformed the state in MSTEP math results in 2022-2023. That compares to 2014-2015 when every school in the district had […]

US Education System: Complex, Confusing, and Difficult to Compare with Other Countries

Comparing various institutions within the United States to similar systems in other countries is often the same as comparing apples to oranges. The U.S. K-12 education system is a great example that makes these comparisons only vaguely relevant and useful. On the surface, it is natural and easy to compare the United States to its […]

A Podcast I have Recently Picked Up

Over the last week I have been following a podcast titled “The Daily” from The New York Times. It is hosted by Michael Barbaro and Sabrina Tavernise and consists of a new episode every weekday. Each episode is about 20 minutes of daily news or interesting interviews. Here is one of the podcast episodes.

The Power of vulnerability

MaKayla Eggleston I listened to the Know for Sure podcast hosted by B. Simone and Megan Ashley (currently known as In Totality, hosted solely by Megan Ashley) where they discuss topics such as healing, relationships, health & wellness, culture, etc.I specifically listened to the 76th episode titled The Power of Vulnerability. That week they were […]

Jackson High School: A Brief Summary

Jackson High School is located at 544 Wildwood Ave., Jackson, MI 49201 And can be reached by phone- 517-841-3700. The school has been open since the summer of 1831 when Mrs. Blackman Started the school in her home, over time the school continued to grow and now holds 1,101 students. The school now offers many […]

Wayne-Westland Official Student Count Decreases Significantly More Than Statewide

Across Michigan, student count is dropping. However, looking into Wayne-Westland Community District Schools, we can see further into how detrimental this issue is. The district’s student count was at an outstanding 13,006 students during the 2010-11 school year. However, recently, the population of students has decreased to a mere 9,790 students, a 24.7% decrease in […]