by Sarah Green | Feb 27, 2015 | Parent Issues
Learning and bettering oneself is not something that immediately ends after finishing school. In fact, many of the most successful people alive embrace the idea of being a lifelong learner—someone who is constantly learning and expanding their mind. By fostering your...
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 13, 2015 | News, Student Issues
United States President Barack Obama has proposed a plan for two free years of community college for all American workers. Obama’s goal is to make community college education as common and ubiquitous as a high school education. If the plan is adopted in all 50 states,...
by Sarah Green | Jan 9, 2015 | Student Issues
Transferring between colleges can be a very difficult process. Some students go to community college and decide to transfer to a four-year school to save money, while others simply find that their current school doesn’t fit with their desires and need a change....
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...
by Sarah Green | Dec 4, 2014 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The revised Advanced Placement US History curriculum, commonly known as APUSH for the sake of brevity, is once again coming under fire. This time, the North Carolina State Board of Education and the College Board will discuss APUSH. We have written before about this...
by Sarah Green | Nov 18, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
Learning how to read and write are the first big milestones in a child’s education. Rosetta Stone Inc., whom you have probably heard of from their popular foreign language-learning software, has worked in collaboration with the experts at Lexia Learning to create an...
by Sarah Green | Nov 17, 2014 | Student Issues
With the winter holidays right around the corner, now is the perfect time to start planning for finals week. Yes, studying for those end-of-term exams should be paramount, but don’t forget that surviving finals week means more than just cramming for tests. Here are...
by Sarah Green | Nov 15, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Typefaces and fonts might seem like something that only graphic designers and typographers might care about. However, readable typefaces are incredibly important to many people that have learning disabilities. People with dyslexia are one of these groups. According to...
