by Sarah Green | Apr 6, 2015 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
School’s a grab-bag. Elementary school, high school, or university, it doesn’t matter. Those neat rows of desks might make it look like there’s some uniformity to a class, but by the time the syllabus is being passed around, before the teacher can...
by Sarah Green | Mar 25, 2015 | Student Issues
Everyone who remembers high school recalls the trail of mornings. Struggling to stay awake through that first class, fighting to retain anything the teacher was saying. Classmates falling asleep at their desks. The whole world seemed full of unsympathetic adults whose...
by Sarah Green | Mar 23, 2015 | Parent Issues
“How was your day?” “Fine.” We’re all guilty of that non-answer, aren’t we? Faced with such an open-ended question, crafting a response that has any meaning takes effort and attention we don’t always want to spare right then. In adults, it’s a...
by Sarah Green | Oct 10, 2014 | News, Student Issues
On Wednesday October 8th, hundreds of Philadelphia high school students from at least two high schools walked out of classes in protest of a recent cancellation of labor agreements with the teachers’ union. The cancellation occurred early Monday morning in a rushed...
by Supporting Education | May 23, 2014 | Guest Author
The first day of school is an extremely daunting experience for everyone involved. For teachers, particularly teachers starting at a new school, it is a daunting experience as it may be their first time teaching a class, or they are unsure how to proceed with their...
