by Alia Wong | Oct 3, 2017 | education, lifestyle, politics
Clark County School District, which serves Las Vegas and surrounding cities, held classes the day after the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The attack killed 59 people at a country-music festival in the city, and injured more than 520 others. “Law...
by Alia Wong | Sep 14, 2017 | k-12 education, politics, public schools, race
When students start school in the United States, they tend to proceed along one of two paths. For many, college is the assumed destination from their earliest days in the classroom, reinforced progressively at every step of their education. The only mystery is what...
by Alia Wong | Aug 2, 2017 | higher education, language & culture, lifestyle, public schools, race, special interest
“IT’S NOT OUR fault,” Jacob Rosales said. I had asked the recent high-school graduate what he wants people to know about life on the reservation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. “There’s a liquor store right across from the border,” he continued after a pause,...
by Alia Wong | Jan 12, 2017 | education, language & culture, politics, public schools, race
Havasu Canyon is home to turquoise waterfalls, billowing cottonwood trees, and red sandstone cliffs that attract thousands of tourists each year. It’s also home to the Havasupai people, a federally recognized Native American tribe allegedly subject to education...
by Alia Wong | Dec 12, 2016 | child development, early childhood education, education, lifestyle
The word “parent” wasn’t used as a verb until a few decades ago. In fact, some experts argue it was only in the 1990s that the idea of “parenting” really became a full-fledged “thing.” By that time, at least for members of the middle class, being a parent didn’t just...
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