For all the hype about college, get this: The top 10 richest Americans with college degrees are worth $506 billion (top three: Gates, Zuckerberg, Ellison); but, the 10 wealthiest Americans without college degrees is not far behind at $400 billion (top three: Bezos, Buffett, the
It should come as no surprise that, when the year ends, students and teachers are ready to part ways. The phrase, 鈥淚f we never meet again, it鈥檒l be too soon!鈥 resonates with both parties. However, the saying doesn鈥檛 have to suggest a topsy-turvy year of mutual dissatisfaction.
At 91国产自拍, English teachers are given the freedom to personalize the curriculum by reading literature that鈥檚 not on most high school syllabi.
The following is an excerpt from English teacher James Vescovi's book "Eat Now; Talk Later":
If you鈥檝e ever been on the London tube, you鈥檝e seen the signs that say, MIND THE GAP. Given that it鈥檚 college application season, my message to parents is,聽 鈥淢ind the gap year.鈥
For Professor Carol E. Holstead, the 鈥渕oment of truth鈥 about note taking came when she found her students continually using social media during lectures.
News flash: The educational 鈥skills gap鈥濃攐n which the media report regularly and who tell us is the fault of 鈥渇ailing schools鈥 and 鈥渓azy, tenured teachers鈥濃攊s not what you鈥檝e been led to believe.
When you sit with a friend at lunch, do you keep your cell phone on the table? If you do, the mere presence of your phone can change the quality of the encounter.
In a that appeared in The Federalist, managing editor Joy Pullmann noted parenting factors that she believes contribute to raising children who are stable, independen
Too often high school teachers serve up the same 鈥渃lassic鈥 novels that have weighed down the literary canon for decades.