by Sarah Green | Dec 2, 2015 | News, Teacher Issues
In 2011, the US Department of Education hung out a Help Wanted sign for teachers in science, technology, engineering and math, and any related field. At the time, they were looking to fill 100,000 positions, nationwide. A hundred thousand open positions. A hundred...
by Sarah Green | Dec 1, 2015 | News
The prep for Homecoming Week that most of us remember is probably making cardstock and glitter decorations, renting a helium tank to fill about a thousand balloons, and doing that thing with scissors and thumb to curl a mile of plastic ribbon. School Pride week was...
by Sarah Green | Nov 30, 2015 | News
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that personalized, one-on-one tutoring not only helps students develop their math skills, but for children with high anxiety about doing math, it can actually help them reduce that anxiety. The...
by Sarah Green | Nov 12, 2015 | News, Teacher Issues
According to a recent study performed by a graduate student in Sweden, most educational software isn’t actually helping students. Björn Sjöden, who led the study, claims that only about 17% of math and Swedish teaching software, out of the top 100 apps in those...
by Sarah Green | Nov 11, 2015 | News
Ray Cammack Shows Inc. is a traveling giant, dozens of rides, scores of game trailers, and hundreds of workers riding the circuit from fair to fair, hitting nine cities in the season, including the massive Arizona State Fair in Phoenix, Arizona. It’s a...
