by Sarah Green | May 23, 2015 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
While standardized tests aren’t fun, and some even debate the actual merit of having children take several standardized tests to measure academic success and potential, they are a necessary evil of the current academic system. Luckily, there are organizations that...
by Sarah Green | May 22, 2015 | News
The World Bank, a United Nations financial institute that works with developing countries, has pledged to spend $5 billion on education funding over the next five years. This is about twice as much as they spent over the last five years. The new program is a...
by Sarah Green | May 19, 2015 | Teacher Issues
Every college graduate right now knows (or should know) that they are being tipped out into a glutted market. But few job markets are worse than early childhood education, according to the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ). In an article published in USA...
by Sarah Green | May 18, 2015 | News
If there is a spot of light in the devastating news out of Nepal since its two major earthquakes in April and May, it is that the first and larger of the quakes struck on a Saturday, when schools and offices in Nepal are almost universally closed. More than 8,000...
by Sarah Green | May 15, 2015 | Student Issues
With the release of the American Bar Association’s statistics on job opportunities for law school graduates, many are asking—Which are the best schools to go to if you actually want to put that degree to use? In a challenging market where recent grads are struggling...
by Sarah Green | May 14, 2015 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Parents are often a teacher’s toughest ‘customers.’ Hardest to please, least likely to show it when they are. It’s easy for that important relationship to get strained and adversarial. Your child’s teacher does so much for your family,...
by Sarah Green | Apr 28, 2015 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Recently, 175,000 students in New York state have opted-out of taking standardized tests. The students, and their parents, as well as educators and politicians, see the new, Common Core aligned tests as unworthy of their time. The tests are harder than in previous...
by Sarah Green | Apr 24, 2015 | Student Issues
Letters of recommendation are something that get little mention in school, but for anyone headed to college, anyone in need of a loan or a scholarship, they’re important. This guide is addressed to students, so we’re mostly talking about getting letters...
by Sarah Green | Apr 23, 2015 | News
On Friday April 17th, the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia received an $18,000 grant from the Jefferson Trust, an initiative of the University of Virginia Alumni Association. The McIntire School of Commerce is commonly regarded as one of the...
by Sarah Green | Apr 20, 2015 | News
Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States, is passionate about higher education. Recently, she spoke at the SXSWedu Conference in Austin, Texas about the importance of helping more students complete post-secondary degrees. She pointed out that, by the end of the...
