by Sarah Green | Apr 18, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Pop-up restaurants appear and are gone in a day or three. Pop-up concerts getting announced on Facebook a few hours before they happen, filling an unused space with a packed crowd for three hours and leaving behind only glitter. A pop-up museum travels the country,...
by Sarah Green | Apr 11, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Legally, the schools in Jefferson County, Alabama, have been racially desegregated since a federal court order in 1971. But from the first day, when mothers of white students spat at black children entering their schools, there has been local resistance. Recently,...
by Sarah Green | Apr 4, 2018 | News, Student Issues
The Regeneron Science Talent Search (Regeneron STS) is the oldest and most prestigious of student science competitions. Finalists win purses that add up to nearly $2 million from the Society for Science and the Public, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit. The...
by Sarah Green | Mar 28, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Philando Castile was a school cafeteria supervisor in a public school in St. Paul, Minnesota, before he was killed in 2016 by a police officer during a traffic stop. His death made him famous. But he was a star in life, too. “Philando was ‘Mr. Phil’ to the...
by Sarah Green | Mar 21, 2018 | Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
When we decide to homeschool, it’s important to evaluate our own shortfalls as teachers. Everyone has an area of interest, and that’s wonderful, but it’s so very important not to let our children be left behind in topics we don’t like or...
by Sarah Green | Mar 14, 2018 | Student Issues
School is exhausting. We all know it. Whether you’re in middle school, high school, college, or a graduate program, school is a never-ending intellectual effort. And whether it’s trying to do two hours of homework every night after soccer practice, cramming for a test...
by Sarah Green | Mar 7, 2018 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
This generation in education is going to be remembered as an era of technological leaps. The internet, tablets, and “disrupting” educational traditions with new technologies are all a part of the educational landscape right now, and none of these will be going away....
by Sarah Green | Feb 28, 2018 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
If you’re like most teachers and parents, you wonder what shows will help your kids to get excited about science. Well, I’ve got some answers for you. With the aid of America’s most popular video streaming service, children have a chance to learn about many different...
by Sarah Green | Feb 21, 2018 | News, Student Issues
It’s common knowledge that junior college has many benefits for its students, including lower tuition and more flexible schedules. But there is still a misconception that a junior college degree won’t lead to a well-paying job. However, nothing could be farther from...
by Sarah Green | Feb 14, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Beginning college is always a stressful experience, moving from the tightly controlled high school environment into one where no one is going to remind you that essay is due on Monday, or tell you how to begin the networking that will be so crucial before graduation....
