by Sarah Green | Apr 4, 2015 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Everyone expects students to drag their feet in the mornings, forced to come to class when bodies and minds still want to be sound asleep. They get away with obvious lethargy. It’s expected. But teachers aren’t afforded the same allowance. A teacher is...
by Sarah Green | Mar 12, 2015 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
As we’ve written about before, there is a growing movement that wishes to fight The College Board’s revised curriculum for AP U.S. History. Recently, conservative politicians in several states have made efforts to ban AP U.S. History classes in high...
by Sarah Green | Feb 23, 2015 | Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
Educational materials for kids are more than just books and videos these days. With Google returning 308,000,000 results for a search on “best apps for kids,” it’s safe to say mobile apps have made quite the entrance. But how do parents and teachers choose the best...
by Sarah Green | Jan 28, 2015 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Accept and except “Accept” means to receive something, while “except” refers to excluding something. Examples: I’ll gladly accept the award. I like all of the Beatles except Ringo Starr. Affect and effect “Affect” is a verb that means to influence something,...
by Sarah Green | Jan 6, 2015 | Teacher Issues
As 2015 begins, so too does the spring semester at colleges and universities around the country. It is time to shake off the rust and get back to having classes once more. If you wish to have success, it is important to learn from the mistakes of the last semester and...