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...
