Blogs by Megan Unden

Teens do great things — Posted by Megan Unden — Published: Mar 08, 2010

A few highlights of Teens doing great things in King County (more)

PSA on Bullying — Posted by Megan Unden — Published: Feb 22, 2010

This is a great PSA about bullying and what happens when people are silent (more)

Encouraging College — Posted by Megan Unden — Published: Feb 08, 2010

We should encourage all students to attend college- especially at-risk high school students (more)

Hispanics & Education — Posted by Megan Unden — Published: Feb 05, 2010

A summary on the NEA special report on Hispanics & Education: "NEA's Report on the Status of Hispanics in Education: Overcoming a History of Neglect ( PDF, 633KB, 90pp) finds that Hispanic students often face unique challenges in student achievement, influenced by the fact that Hispanics have poverty rates that are two to nearly three times higher than Whites; Hispanics cite Spanish as their dominant language and more than 20 percent say they do not speak English or do not speak English well; and 40 percent of the Hispanic population is foreign born. " (more)

Re-segregation in Seattle Schools & Diversity — Posted by Megan Unden — Published: Jan 29, 2010

Racial segregation isn't the only problem in public education (more)