Summer Science and Art Series
For your education is featuring this summer, art and science activities, you can do at home with your children. In an effort to have children make good use of their time off there will be regular postings of simple activities parents can do with their youngsters to analyze, critically think and assess the world around them. Please feel free to... Read More
How Can We Make High Schools Better
Trying to make US High schools better is an ongoing question. There is a history of continuous failures in the last fifteen years to prove it. Our high schools require major overhaul in order to improve. In a 2013 report by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, they listed ten researched principles that are critical to building high performing schools:... Read More
Should We be Teaching Gun Safety in schools?
It was inevitable! In light of the recent shooting in Orlando and nationwide shootings across the country including Sandy Hook, it was bound to happen. Along with math, science, art and social studies we could see gun safety becoming a part of the school curriculum! Missouri public schools passed a law this week for gun safety to become a part... Read More
Activities to Do with Your Child Over Summer Break
It’s that time of the year when teachers bid farewell to students hoping that their previous students do not forget what they have learned over the past year. Parents are also left with the responsibility of keeping their children both mentally and physically engaged. As students break for the summer, parents can be left with a dilemma of how to... Read More
Brain Science in the classroom
According to How Children Succeed by Paul Tough there are certain characteristics that cannot be taught like academics in the classroom. The book focuses on how listening can change the brain. Qualities like grit, curiosity and character must be taught to children early on. However, for kids that face adversity this may become impossible. Tough refers to a study that... Read More
Anti-Muslim, Anti-refugee Growing Sentiments in Schools
There has been growing anti-Muslim, anti-refugee sentiment in US schools. Many high school students are experiencing tensions within schools and colleges. Many American students most of whom were not even born til after September 11, are coming of age in an era of “war on terror” abroad. In the months since the Paris and San Bernadino attacks have added to... Read More
Nurturing Creativity
During certain holidays like Halloween kids often display amazing creativity. You can help foster that creativity in your own kids. To some creativity is a vague concept that only a rare few multimillionaires and the successful population possess. But creativity is characterized by the ability to perceive the world in new ways. Creativity involves two processes: A) thinking then producing... Read More
What Does your IQ Tell You About Yourself?
In the 21 century, people of all ages, all cultural backgrounds and of all intelligences would benefit from knowing what fields, in life and in learning, they are more inclined towards or excel. So what kind of individual are you? the problem solver? the logical thinker or the creative genius? or are you a combination of these things? Find out!... Read More
New York School Rankings Plummet
U.S. New Report indicated in their 2016 ratings of best high schools, New York’s high schools have plummeted in ratings terribly! Districts, such as Stuyvesant, which used to be #1 is now at #89, Jericho is at #91 and Rockville Centre is at #109. Long Island schools aren’t even in the top 50 anymore. The article, “Did U.S. News Use... Read More
Real Readers vs. The Resistant Reader
The article, “The Importance of Real Reading for Resistant Reader”, by Meaghan Hanrahan Dobson focuses on students who don’t read regularly and often fail standardized tests which lead them into intensive remedial classes in which all they do is learn test taking strategies to earn a high school diploma. Most of these students have weak comprehension and vocabulary. Instead of... Read More