Posted By: Francis Koster Published: October 7, 2024

Microplastics in the Foods Students and Teachers Eat (October 6, 2024)

All K-12 students appear to have microplastics in their bodies. All Americans who have been examined have been found to have microplastics in their bodies …

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Posted By: Francis Koster Published: September 14, 2024

A Moral Quandary for School Leaders Who Want to Improve Indoor Air Quality (September13, 2024)

Our School System's Leaders Are In A Politically Created Moral Quandary. There is no requirement that North Carolina K-12 schools be routinely tested for lead …

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Posted By: Francis Koster Published: August 27, 2024

School Funding Formulas May Hurt the Neediest Schools (August 26, 2024)

Most of our local K-12 schools are starting up this month. And in North Carolina, as kids go back to aging buildings, their health and …

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Posted By: Francis Koster Published: August 7, 2024

Partnership Between The Pollution Detectives, Inc. and Schools–Better Air, More Learning (August 6, 2024)

ABOUT HALF OF ALL NORTH CAROLINA K-12 STUDENTS GO TO SCHOOLS WITH INDOOR AIR CONDITIONS THAT LOWER LEARNING AT LEAST ONE LETTER GRADE. Our partner …

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Posted By: Francis Koster Published: July 3, 2024

Public School Funding in North Carolina–An Expression of Whose Values? (July 2, 2024)

NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOL FORUM has published a powerful article about the September, 2023, expansion of the Opportunity Scholarship Program ("voucher" program). Appearing in many …

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Posted By: Francis Koster Published: May 5, 2024

Overcoming the Challenges Around Obesity (May 5, 2024)

Surprise!  Bringing about student weight loss improves learning and graduation rates.  And North Carolina's public K-12 schools show up badly in national rankings. You can …

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Posted By: Francis Koster Published: April 10, 2024

A Self-Inflicted Wound: North Carolina’s K-12 Schools are Among the Worst in America (April 10, 2024)

North Carolina's public K-12 schools show up badly in national rankings.  Learning why can teach us a lot - and show us how to improve our …

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Posted By: Francis Koster Published: March 20, 2024

Lengthen the Life of a Child With Pre-Diabetes (March 20, 2024)

Addressing health issues in North Carolina's K-12 schools is a major opportunity to raise our state's embarrassing national ranking for student learning while at the …

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Posted By: Francis Koster Published: February 14, 2024

What You Don’t Know About the Leandro Case (February 14, 2024)

Even if the N.C. Supreme Court agrees with teachers and parents regarding the Leandro lawsuit, it will not fix the largest problem lowering student learning …

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Posted By: Francis Koster Published: February 7, 2024

Plant a Seed for Student Mental Health (February 6, 2024)

This week we offer one small, but significant, locally implementable solution that can help contribute to solving several issues challenging North Carolina schools. North Carolina adolescents …

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