by Sarah Green | Dec 10, 2015 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Greenwich Academy is an educational institution empowered to support innovative programs through inspired leadership received from administrators, faculty, and volunteers from the financial community, like Rene Kern, Managing Director of General Atlantic, who sits on...
by Sarah Green | Dec 7, 2015 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
Parental aspiration for their children’s academic performance, the hopes or expectations that their kids will receive certain grades, can be a double edged sword. On the one hand, in moderation and with realistic goals, parental aspirations can help students achieve...
by Sarah Green | Dec 2, 2015 | News, Teacher Issues
In 2011, the US Department of Education hung out a Help Wanted sign for teachers in science, technology, engineering and math, and any related field. At the time, they were looking to fill 100,000 positions, nationwide. A hundred thousand open positions. A hundred...
by Sarah Green | Dec 1, 2015 | News
The prep for Homecoming Week that most of us remember is probably making cardstock and glitter decorations, renting a helium tank to fill about a thousand balloons, and doing that thing with scissors and thumb to curl a mile of plastic ribbon. School Pride week was...
by Sarah Green | Nov 30, 2015 | News
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that personalized, one-on-one tutoring not only helps students develop their math skills, but for children with high anxiety about doing math, it can actually help them reduce that anxiety. The...
