by Supporting Education | May 31, 2013 | News
Everyone in the education community is talking about charter schools. For the last several years, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other organizations have been touting the topic. In fact, they have spent over $25 million in seven cities across the country...
by Supporting Education | May 29, 2013 | News
If you ask most kids whether they would like to go to school all year long, they will answer with a resounding, “No!” Yet, in some countries, such as Finland, that is what they do. Many argue that the United States will not be able to compete in the global...
by Supporting Education | May 24, 2013 | News
Who spoke at your college graduation? Do you even remember? Maybe it was the class valedictorian, or maybe it was somebody more famous. On a cold drizzly morning, actress Kerry Washington spoke at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The lucky...
by Supporting Education | May 22, 2013 | News
Wouldn’t you like to roll out of bed and go to class in your pajamas? Why bother with a hair brush if you aren’t going to see anyone in person? This is the reality for many students who attend classes via the web. The questions we need to ask ourselves are whether...
by Supporting Education | May 20, 2013 | News
Once upon a time, technology in the classroom meant that the teacher had a mini-fridge plugged into a wall socket. That is no longer the case. These days we are inundated by a plethora of social media, computers, smart boards, I-pods, I-pads and other I-technology. ...
