The last time I used a No. 2 pencil for anything more extensive than marking a wall to hang a picture was undoubtedly on my high school SAT exam. For generations now, the test's bubbled answer sheets and stern instructions (remove everything from your desk except your No. 2 pencils ... ) have been the stuff of recurring nightmares for those of us who ran the cumulative gauntlet of American education — as well as the stuff of debate for educators, whose claims about the dubious value and fairness of the tests reached a crescendo during the pandemic. With more than 1,800 schools deciding not to require standardized test scores for 2022 admissions, the powerful College Board — which organizes...
A collection of essential areas of learning needed by students to be successful in today s academic classrooms. Included are strategies for success in such critical areas as: How to Study, Time Management, Reading/Comprehension, Setting Goals, Writing, Speaking, Mathematics, Foreign Language, Science, Motivation, Social Studies, Term Paper Writing, Memorization, and Values Identification. - - The modules are arranged in a simple format and easy-to-use, this handbook also can be a useful...Read the full story at https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=284401
Mary Lawlor, in her brilliantly realized memoir, Fighter Pilot’s Daughter: Growing up in the Sixties and the Cold War, articulates what accountants would call a soft cost, the cost that dependents of career military personnel pay which is the feeling of never belonging to the specific piece of real estate called home... By Mary Lawlor FIGHTER PILOT'S DAUGHTER, Memoir, Rowman and Littlefield, 323 pp. FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER tells the story of the author as a young woman coming of age in an Irish Catholic, military family. Her father, an aviator in the Marines and later the Army, was transferred more than a dozen times to posts from Miami to California to Germany as the government demanded. For her mother and sisters, each move...
February is Black History Month, an excellent opportunity to educate our students about the many influential Black Americans who have made significant contributions to our country. Frederick Douglass is an example of a person who had many outstanding achievements – despite all the obstacles he encountered in his life. He is the type of person I want my students to gain inspiration from because he sets a great example of having a growth mindset. Teaching students about black history can go beyond learning just the facts. It’s an opportunity for them to learn about the struggles, but also the triumphs that demonstrate a desire to persevere. Learning about Frederick Douglass’ life led me to create a resource for upper elementary...
Researchers link lack of aspirations to lack of exposure and knowledge about the field. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” is a question that starts out kind of fun to answer, when you’re a kid, and then it becomes progressively more stressful the older you get. What you might not expect, though, is that it’s not just those about to enter the workforce who are stressed about their answers to that question—sometimes the people who are part of the industries doing the hiring worry about it, too. Such was the case highlighted at a December 2021 symposium, hosted for four universities at the Hitachi Transport System Building and sponsored by JILS (Japan Institute of Logistic Systems). A...
