by Sarah Green | Nov 18, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Paul Tudor Jones II, the head of Tudor Investment Corporation, is an incredibly successful hedge fund manager. Tudor Investment Corp is worth around $132 billion today, and Jones spends his days watching his fund’s market positions projected on the wall above his...
by Sarah Green | Nov 15, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Last week, Harvard released a financial report with a chilling fact: its deficit sits at a staggering $34 million, compared to the $7.9 shortfall in 2012. Harvard is perhaps the best-known Ivy League school, prestigious and powerful. It’s also the world’s richest...
by Sarah Green | Nov 15, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
How is America doing, educationally? Last week, the U.S. Department of Education released the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), or the Nation’s Report Card. So what’s the verdict? Things are getting better, slowly. “The 2013 NAEP report card...
by Sarah Green | Nov 13, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
It’s been nearly a year since the devastating events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Many may even remember where they were, or what they were doing, when they first heard the news: that a lone gunman had killed dozens of children and adults...
by Sarah Green | Nov 11, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The United States and other countries have, for the past few years, been intensely focused on bringing technology into the classroom. Kids love computers, and indeed, having access to the World Wide Web presents some fantastic learning opportunities. Programs like...
