Hannah Ritter
Hannah is a sophomore in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations minoring in education. This is her second semester in the Cornell Roosevelt Institute. Hannah is interested in education and immigration policy, and she hopes to become a lawyer or educator in the future. This past summer, she did research on labor policy at the ILR Worker Institute in New York City, and she advocated for low wage, contingent laborers. On campus, she is a member of the Cornell Class Notes a cappella group (check us out on Spotify).
By Hannah Ritter Published June 2, 2020
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, students at high-cost universities were sent home halfway through the semester to continue the semester online. This unexpected switch to online instruction exposed the quality differential between in-person and online schooling, as students are lacking the services that their tuitions are supposed to provide. Universities should give students partial tuition refunds prorated for the amount of time spent in online instruction because students are not receiving the quality of education promised by their high-cost tuitions.
By Hannah Ritter Published December 5, 2019
As mass shootings reach a historical high, federal and state legislatures are debating how to protect students in school from mass gun violence. While policymakers make proposals to introduce guns into schools to protect students against an active shooter, arming teachers would escalate violence and would not add much protection in the case of an active shooter, but rather it can further endanger students.
By Hannah Ritter Published May 5, 2019
As America continues to lag behind other countries in the academic arms race, politicians scapegoat teachers for low student performance. However, evaluating teachers based on students’ standardized test scores is ineffective, unfair, and actually hinders learning.