by Sarah Green | May 2, 2016 | News
For years, the received wisdom is that women should give birth earlier in their lives. There are a lot of reasons for this, many of them social, but there were medical justifications too. Children born to older women, say in their 40s, are more likely to have Down...
by Sarah Green | Apr 28, 2016 | News
SEO, or the Sponsors for Education Opportunity, hosted its most recent Awards Dinner last week to raise funds for important educational programs. The annual event celebrates charitable work done over the last year and shines a light on work still to be done through a...
by Sarah Green | Apr 28, 2016 | News
When Vicki Rabe-Harrison took in a badly injured duck, her vet didn’t hold out much hope. The woman from Oshkosk, Wisconsin, had taken in an injured duck from a farmer forced to sell. The duck, who she would name Phillip, had all but lost both feet to frostbite,...
by Sarah Green | Apr 25, 2016 | News, Student Issues
Image via: GongTo / Shutterstock.com Automotive shop class is an institution in American high schools. Our car culture means there will always be jobs for mechanically-minded students, and everyone should know at least the basic maintenance for that machine so central...
by Supporting Education | Apr 21, 2016 | News
In New York City, there is a private school that has taken to heart the bit of advice ‘make learning fun.’ Quest to Learn, which opened in 2009 for students sixth grade through ninth, is a small school that centers its entire curriculum around the concept...
