by Sarah Green | Apr 17, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Profiles, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
In 2013, Olympic Gold Medalist and Right to Play founder Johann Olav Koss received the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership. Then in 2014, the Kravis Leadership Institute was so inspired by Koss that it was determined to bring him back to speak with the Claremont...
by Sarah Green | Apr 16, 2014 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
With Earth Day upon us on April 22nd, there are many ways you can make it both fun and informative. Helping children develop a connection to the ecosystem is critical in today’s age. It’s both about learning and experiencing, and with new tools to help teachers ‘go...
by Sarah Green | Apr 14, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
A recent Gallup polls shows an astounding 70% of teachers are not enthusiastic about their profession, and nearly 13% polled were extremely unhappy with their workplace. The “State America’s Schools” Gallup survey took a look at student and teacher attitudes, finding...
by Sarah Green | Apr 11, 2014 | News, Student Issues
It’s that time of year again! Students have been accepted to colleges and are making the tough decisions of what they want to do and where they want to do it. Leaving high school behind and venturing into a world where one independent and accountable for the...
by Sarah Green | Apr 9, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
In July 2012, the NCAA Committee on Academic Performance banned the University of Connecticut from the basketball season citing the poor performance it’s college-student level basketball players had received. The Huskies sat out the duration of the 2013 season, as the...
by Sarah Green | Apr 7, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
In Nashville, Tennessee, Governor Bill Haslam’s proposal for a program that would cover full costs for high school graduates to attend a two-year college looks likely to pass legislation. The ‘Tennessee Promise’ is a plan to improve the current 32% graduation rate up...
by Sarah Green | Apr 4, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The Common Core, for those of you unaware, is a set of “standards”, skills and requirements children need to understand by the end of the school year. From a Common Core website, it describes it as “learning goals to help prepare students for college, career and...
by Sarah Green | Apr 4, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
It’s a ruling that could shake apart a billion dollar foundation in the sports business. On Sunday, the National Labor Relations Board allowed Northwestern University football players to unionize, in what many are calling the latest threat to the model of not paying...
by Sarah Green | Apr 2, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
An unconventional approach to today’s modern thinking is making waves around the world. A New Zealand principal in charge of 500 students in Auckland has started throwing off the shackles of playground rules that the administration had installed. Ones that at one...
by Sarah Green | Mar 31, 2014 | News
Emory University has received a grant of $1 million from the Dalai Lama Trust to continue to support the endowment fund of The Robert A. Paul Emory-Tibet Science Initiative. This allowance will help fund a six-year science curriculum, that includes video libraries and...
