by Sarah Green | May 14, 2015 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Parents are often a teacher’s toughest ‘customers.’ Hardest to please, least likely to show it when they are. It’s easy for that important relationship to get strained and adversarial. Your child’s teacher does so much for your family,...
by Sarah Green | Apr 28, 2015 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Recently, 175,000 students in New York state have opted-out of taking standardized tests. The students, and their parents, as well as educators and politicians, see the new, Common Core aligned tests as unworthy of their time. The tests are harder than in previous...
by Sarah Green | Apr 24, 2015 | Student Issues
Letters of recommendation are something that get little mention in school, but for anyone headed to college, anyone in need of a loan or a scholarship, they’re important. This guide is addressed to students, so we’re mostly talking about getting letters...
by Sarah Green | Apr 23, 2015 | News
On Friday April 17th, the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia received an $18,000 grant from the Jefferson Trust, an initiative of the University of Virginia Alumni Association. The McIntire School of Commerce is commonly regarded as one of the...
by Sarah Green | Apr 20, 2015 | News
Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States, is passionate about higher education. Recently, she spoke at the SXSWedu Conference in Austin, Texas about the importance of helping more students complete post-secondary degrees. She pointed out that, by the end of the...
