by Supporting Education | May 3, 2019 | News, Teacher Issues
Since 1952, the National Teacher of the Year Program has been recognizing excellence in education. Every state puts forward a nominee, as do four U.S. territories, the Department of Defense, and Washington D.C., and a winner is chosen by a large committee of education...
by Supporting Education | Apr 26, 2019 | News, Student Issues
It’s only April, still more than a month left before summer vacation, but Falcon Hill Elementary School in Mesa, Arizona stopped sending home homework assignments. They stopped printing lunch menus, permission slips, book lists, and internal memos. Why? Because they...
by Supporting Education | Apr 19, 2019 | News, Teacher Issues
Author James Patterson is prolific and productive, with over 147 books in print, making around $90 million a year in royalties. He vies with Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, and George R.R. Martin to hold the top spot in the list of highest paid authors in the world, and...
by Supporting Education | Apr 11, 2019 | News, Student Issues
In Canada, the average age of a person experiencing their first period is twelve years, nine months. That puts them in approximately seventh grade, and it means they will go through 35 to 40 periods in school before they graduate. For many, periods start about an hour...
by Supporting Education | Apr 4, 2019 | News, Student Issues
The toy box, it is said, is every child’s first school. The things we play with as children have a powerful influence over the direction of our lives. Building toys such as Lego blocks have long been lauded as useful tools in laying a foundation for engineering,...
