Posted By: Francis Koster Published: November 21, 2025
Transparency about Classroom Environments is Driving Real Change in Student Learning (November 21, 2025)
Boston Schools Are Posting All Classroom Air Quality Online! Let's start with a question about memory: When tested a month after learning new information, how...
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: November 7, 2025
Protect Your Family from Indoor Pollution (November 7, 2025)
Good News About Successfully Protecting Kids! The Background Since 2017, our partner organization The Pollution Detectives has been loaning meters at no cost to survey North...
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: October 24, 2025
Protect Your Family from Polluted Indoor Air (October 24, 2025)
We have a new effort underway that will enable you to protect your family by making invisible pollution visible. Our partner organization, The Pollution Detectives,...
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: October 6, 2025
North Carolina Electrical Costs are expected to rise 17% between 2024 and 2026 (October 5, 2025)
North Carolina Electrical Costs are expected to rise 17% between 2024 and 2026 And it is just the beginning At the same time that North Carolina’s funding...
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: October 4, 2025
What? North Carolina Ranked the #1 State for Business But the 48th for funding K-12 Schools? (September 24, 2025)
On June 11 of this year, CNBC conducted a survey which ranked North Carolina (the ninth most populous state) as the “Number One State in America for...
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: July 10, 2025
Rescuing Our Underfunded School Systems – Teaching for Free? (July 10, 2025)
You can help rescue our school systems - by teaching those who are older than you. If you have relatives and friends who are retirement...
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: June 8, 2025
Painting the Planet Black: Global Warming and Leaking Refrigerant Gasses (June 8, 2025)
According to the National Highway Transportation Authority, an average of 37 children die each year because someone leaves them unattended in a car in the sun. That is...
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: May 21, 2025
A Largely-Unrecognized Important Metric of K-12 Education (May 21, 2025)
There is at least one metric of your school system's impact on your community that you may never have seen. The traditional view is...
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: May 8, 2025
Plenty of Drama, Not Enough Analysis — Autism Needs Our Attention (May 8, 2025)
Autism Plenty of Drama, Not Enough Analysis. Autism Needs Our Attention (a pun?) Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced what many...
Posted By: Francis Koster Published: April 24, 2025
Measles Epidemic (April 23, 2025)
Who Are You Trying to Protect? Measles is recognized as one of the deadliest and infectious of diseases in the world. In 2000, Measles was...
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