A little off my usual path, but just outrageous. There’s a school in North Carolina that was briefly selling test points to students to raise money. They’re arguing that it wasn’t be enough to change overall grades, but I have to agree with officials who say it’s the wrong...
I’ve been watching people just about throwing fits about President Obama making a speech that schools could choose to show students. The controversy amazed me. I get that the original suggested discussion points for teachers weren’t exactly well done, being too focused on the President for many people’s comfort,...
Do you love teaching? Do you have the qualifications to teach on a particular subject? Why not be a tutor? Tutors work at many different education levels. It’s not all K-12; college students need tutors too. Qualifications/Training Needed? Qualifications vary on the type of tutoring you want to do....
School’s out for the summer, and the kids are relaxing. After a rough school year, that’s a good thing. Everyone needs time for a break. But the schools love to give out assignments to be done over the summer. How do you balance summer vacation vs homework? I like...
Using StumbleUpon the other day, I came across an article on arguments against homework. The article’s a few years old, but schools still give so much homework I found it interesting. In first grade, my daughter gets 4 nights of homework a week. She has a total of 3...