by Sarah Green | Dec 11, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
Saturday, December 14, marks the one-year anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary. The infamous shooting, which took the lives of several faculty and 20 first grade students, reignited the debate of gun control and background checks, challenged our...
by Sarah Green | Dec 9, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Homeless—Adjective: without a permanent home. The Homeless—Noun: refers collectively to all people without a permanent home. Homelessness—Noun: the state of being without a permanent home. In every state across our nation, and in every country around the world,...
by Sarah Green | Dec 6, 2013 | News, Parent Issues
Update: Check out our new list of 27 more educational TV shows available on Netflix as of August 2016. Absorbing an incredible amount of information is something children are known for being exceptionally good at. And while we heartily believe that kids should spend...
by Sarah Green | Dec 4, 2013 | News, Teacher Issues
It seems like education reform is always a hot button item in the United States, especially in recent years when we’ve started to slip in the global rankings. The 2012 PISA test scores once more indicated that the United States is falling behind as Asian countries...
by Sarah Green | Dec 2, 2013 | Parent Issues, Student Issues
When you’ve got an upcoming test or quiz approaching, how do you study? Teachers and parents often tell students that they need to study in order to prepare, but actual lessons on how to study efficiently are generally short in supply. This can lead to students who...
by Sarah Green | Nov 29, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
In a black-and-white world, there are two types of schools—those where students come from a privileged background where education is valued and encouraged, and those where students never even consider moving on after high school. It’s not a failing of that second type...
by Sarah Green | Nov 27, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
When the economy crashed in late 2007, Americans watched helplessly as family members and friends were laid off from jobs, had their hours cut, and as a consequence couldn’t pay their mortgages. Millions of homes were foreclosed on. In the academic years 2004-2005,...
by Sarah Green | Nov 25, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Students are, more and more, being encouraged to go into STEM fields. Science, Technology, Math, and Engineering are at the forefront of many students’ minds; those career paths tend to pay more, and there’s a big need for them. But recently, Anthony Carnevale of The...
by Sarah Green | Nov 22, 2013 | News, Student Issues
Stanford University’s recently published Class of 2013 Employment Report reveals some truly remarkable figures. With signing bonuses, benefits, and other numbers taken into consideration, on average Stanford MBAs reportedly make a base salary of $125,000. With so many...
by Sarah Green | Nov 20, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Peter Marber—Columba University teacher, author, and head of emerging markets investments at Loomis, Sayles, and Co.—knows a thing or two about education. The co-editor of Higher Education in the Global Age: Policy, Practice and Promise in Emerging Societies and...
