by Sarah Green | Jun 18, 2014 | News
At the University of Alberta, the president and vice-chancellor, Indira Samarasekera is retiring next summer. Her position pays 400,000 Canadian dollars ($368,500 USD) and is now up for grabs. The committee is expecting top talent in the application pool, but what...
by Sarah Green | Jun 13, 2014 | News
The Council for Economic Education is holding its annual Visionary Awards in October. CEE delivers economic education to K-12 students by educating its educators. Its goal is to reach and teach every child to create a more informed citizenry capable of making better...
by Sarah Green | May 23, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Winning the annual New York Times contest “Win A Trip with Nick”, 20-year-old Nicole Sganga will be traveling on assignment with Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Nick Kristoff for her 2014 summer. Says Kristoff himself, “Nicole is a terrific journalist-in-the-making,...
by Sarah Green | May 21, 2014 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
In a poll on Debate.org, 60% agreed that cursive should still be taught in school, while the other 40% deemed it unnecessary. Here is a sampling of the top responses: Agreements For Cursive: Cursive writing is a good break for kids with dyslexia. Yes, cursive writing...
by Sarah Green | May 19, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Across colleges around the United States, students have been proposing ‘trigger warnings’ for the materials they will be reading, watching and/or discussing. A ‘trigger warning’ is an alert on explicit materials that may upset some students. These can include scenes...
