Public Schools/Education

1. Sarah Ehrlich's Help for Orphans Follows Oprah in Educating African Kids — 2007-02-22
   Whether it's George Clooney publicizing the violence in Darfur, Bono campaigning for debt relief, or Angelina Jolie visiting as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, stars are using their ... »
   
    
2. The American Public Education System: Adjusting to a New Era of Technology and Change — 2007-02-04
   The world as we know it is changing in leaps and bounds on a daily basis. Our children are growing up knowing and using iPods and computers with gigabytes of data storage for all their ... »
   
    
3. Give Us More Money! -- Public School's Excuse #1 — 2006-12-01
   If more money meant better education for our kids, our public schools should have vastly improved over the last 75 years. Yet the reverse is true. In dollars adjusted for inflation, public ... »
   
    
4. Importance of Christian Boarding School in your Teens Life — 2006-09-01
   Parents are struggling more than ever to keep their children on the right path amid social pressures, pop culture, and the noise and distractions of today's fast paced world. Parents will ... »
   
    
5. 10 Steps To Developing A Quality Lesson Plan — 2006-06-05
   This guide is not meant to be the one and only way to develop a lesson plan; however, it is going to provide you with at least some good methods to start with. A general overview ... »
   
    
6. Small Ways We Can Make A Difference — 2006-04-19
   We don?t often think about the powerful effect our words and actions can have on others, but every now and then, the universe decides to show us. This week, I had a profound experience ... »
   
    
7. What Is The Point Of School Uniforms? — 2006-04-05
   School uniforms are the cause for much debate these days with some people claiming that all schools should adopt them and others claiming that school uniforms are going to be the ruin of ... »
   
    
8. How do you feel about Teaching Fractions? — 2006-03-20
   As we all know, attitude is key to most things that we do, and teaching fractions is no exception. Before trying to teach something, it is important to sort out your own experiences first. ... »
   
    
9. ESL Bingo! — 2006-03-20
   ABSTRACT/SUMMARY Using Bingo for English as a second language instruction. Discusses issues problems, and examples. Includes step-by-step advice for teachers. ESL Bingo! ... »
   
    
10. Tips On Selecting A Film School — 2006-03-14
    Filmmaking is not only an interesting, enjoyable and fulfilling career but very lucrative as well. Unfortunately, realizing the big Hollywood dream entails hard work, commitment and great ... »
    
     
11. Choosing The Best Accounting Schools — 2006-02-18
    Accounting is defined as the measurement of assurance about certain information in the aid of resource allocation for managers and other decision makers. The most popular and most commonly ... »
    
     
12. Quality Schools — 2006-02-18
    After presenting these ideas at the NAREN (National At-Risk Education Network) in Wisconsin last week, I was asked to write an article that would be able to reach more people to spread the ... »
    
     
13. Professors & Teachers Alike Continue Using Professional Development Plans To Keep Them Ahead Of The Game — 2006-01-22
    The purpose of a professional development plan is to provide for continuing improvement in teaching, in other student interactions, in the quality of scholarly activity and other service ... »
    
     
14. Today's Military High Schools There Not Just For Troubled Teens Anymore — 2006-01-15
    Military high schools today are claiming they are not the ?punishment? places they used to be. Remember hearing the phrase, {or maybe you actually were told this by your parents}, ?If you ... »
    
     
15. Enforcing School Safety In The UK. — 2005-11-22
    "A Headteacher's Safety Management Toolkit Article" The Health and Safety Executive(HSE) as the body responsible for enforcing safety laws in our schools believes that up to 80% of ... »
    
     
16. School Safety ? Protecting Children From Criminals In UK Schools. — 2005-10-12
    It is well known that following the death of two 10 year old girls in 2002 murdered by Ian Huntley, a 31 year old school caretaker, at Soham in Cambridgeshire in England that there were ... »
    
     
17. Students Worldwide Are Learning How To Excel In School From Home. — 2005-09-04
    Today, children are expected to earn high grades in all of their classes, in spite of the failing public school system. Parents can still remember when an education was essential in ... »
    
     
18. Back to School Safety for 2005 — 2005-08-21
    As we pack our K-12 kids up and get them ready for another school year, we need to be constantly thinking about their safety. This applies both to their travel to and from school and their ... »
    
     
19. Ancient Greece Did Not Need Licensed Teachers — 2005-08-11
    Contrary to popular notions, teacher licensing in public schools does not insure teacher quality. A license also does not even insure that a public-school teacher is an expert in the ... »
    
     
20. Public Schools - Bad Education, Year After Year? — 2005-08-11
    If a store sells inferior products or a business gives bad service, most customers will not come back and that store or business will eventually go bankrupt. If public schools sell bad ... »