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Behind The Campaign To Get Teachers To Leave Their Unions

By • Jul 19, 2018

Rachael McRae, a fifth-grade teacher in central Illinois, was sitting on the couch the other day with her 4-month-old when she saw the email.

"He was having a fussy day," she says, "so I was bouncing him in one arm, and started going through my emails on my phone, just to feel like I was getting something done." In her spam folder, she found an email from an organization called My Pay, My Say, urging her to drop her union membership.

Empowering Kids In An Anxious World

By • Jul 18, 2018

Rates of anxiety and depression among teens in the U.S. have been rising for years. According to one study, nearly one in three adolescents (ages 13-18) now meets the criteria for an anxiety disorder, and in the latest results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 32 percent of teens reported persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness.

Jackson Chamber Enjoys Strong Partnership with Jackson R-2 School District

By • Jun 6, 2018
Dan Woods

On this edition of Going Public, we talk with Jackson Chamber Director Brian Gerau and Meredith Pobst, Director of Communications and the Foundation for the Jackson R-2 School District. We talk about how the partnership between the chamber and the school district benefits the community.

 

Jackson Chamber Offers Job Placement Help

By • May 23, 2018
Dan Woods / KRCU

On this edition of Going Public, we talk with Jackson Chamber Director Brian Gerau. He tells us about job placement services the chamber offers including resume review and mock interviews.

Vargas Speaks: Episode 18

By • May 14, 2018
Southeast Missouri State University

In this edition of the program, Dr. Vargas talks about the institutional restructuring that is currently taking place at Southeast. He discusses what outcomes he would like to see after restructuring and what it means for the university.

In addtion, Dr. Vargas talk about university funding and how the institution is looking ahead to meet potential funding challenges in the future.

He also talks about challenges and opportunities facing not only Southeast but Higher Education in the near future and how to be successful and thrive in the years to come.

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