by Sarah Green | Aug 12, 2015 | News, Parent Issues
A recent study from the University of Chicago has found that parents’ anxiety about math could be negatively impacting their children’s ability to learn math, at least when their parents try to help them with their homework. Parents are often told to be involved in...
by Sarah Green | Feb 5, 2014 | Parent Issues, Profiles, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Just a few years ago, Salman Khan led a very different life. He was an MIT graduate working as a hedge fund manager. But today, he’s known as the brilliant founder of Khan Academy, an electronic math tutoring program that has 10 million users and more than 5,000...
by Sarah Green | Jan 2, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
There is no question that the United States has some serious budgeting problems—namely that we’ve far overspent and are finally realizing the consequences of acting like a teenager on a shopping spree with mom’s credit card. The problem with coming up with and...
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 | Nov 15, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
How is America doing, educationally? Last week, the U.S. Department of Education released the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), or the Nation’s Report Card. So what’s the verdict? Things are getting better, slowly. “The 2013 NAEP report card...
