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Kicking It Old-School: Micro-Schools Bring Back One-Room Schoolhouses

By Lori Becker|2018-10-25T15:12:39-04:00December 22nd, 2014|

Much of the rhetoric concerning the present state of America’s education system revolves around the need to create new assessments, new standards and new methodologies. But what if progress lies somewhere in our past? An interesting model of personalized learning—reminiscent of the old-time one-room schoolhouses—is just now emerging and beginning to gain some traction. Dubbed the “micro-school,” this divergent educational format breaks with [...]

Time to Rhyme: Teens Find Artistic Outlet Through WordSpeak Poetry Program

By Lori Becker|2018-11-08T11:19:30-05:00December 5th, 2014|

Let’s face it. The typical high-school poetry experience is usually not the most inspiring or transformative. Toiling over iambic pentameter, archaic vocabulary and the subtlest of metaphors can strike many students as somewhat pointless and irrelevant beyond their obligatory English courses. In Florida, however, a poetry program run by Tigertail Productions called WordSpeak is offering an alternative poetic experience for 1,000 South Floridian teenagers. Each [...]

And the Home of the . . . Average: America’s Higher-Ed Credentials Slipping in Global Rankings

By Lori Becker|2018-10-26T15:57:42-04:00November 17th, 2014|

There is a rather confounding dynamic currently at play when it comes to our country’s views on education. Popular opinion would categorize our colleges and universities as top-tier institutions. In contrast, however, for many years now, the condition of the United States’ K‐12 system has preoccupied many as a pressing and disconcerting issue. So are we donning rose-colored glasses when we turn our [...]

Ken-tinuing Education

By Ken Scherpelz|2018-11-08T13:54:35-05:00October 7th, 2014|

Though I’ve been out of the classroom (as student and teacher) for almost 35 years, I still learn something new just about every day. The fact that I’m no longer working within the boundaries of an institution of learning does not mean that I’m finished with acquiring new information to fit into an already-crowded brain. It’s no stretch to admit that I am [...]

Hypercorrection: A Millennial Paradox?

By Rachel Hill|2018-11-08T13:55:58-05:00October 2nd, 2014|

[Note: The first paragraph of the Slate article referenced here contains potentially offensive language, but we feel the remainder is worthy of exploration. Ed.] Ever wondered why you or others say amongst instead of among, or amidst instead of amid? Wonder no longer! The preference for these words is an example of a strange phenomenon in which Millennials, a generation of increasingly tech- and abbreviation-savvy individuals, are using erroneous [...]

Look Before You Learn

By Caitlin Wilson|2018-11-08T14:05:17-05:00September 25th, 2014|

I distinctly remember learning to take notes in school, because I hated it. We were introduced to a two-column style of note-taking in fourth grade, which meant writing summaries or important points from readings in one column and questions about the material on the other. It wasn’t until the end of high school that a teacher mentioned the questions didn’t necessarily have to address confusion [...]

The Ifs, Ands & Buts of Financial Literacy

By Elizabeth Rule|2018-11-08T14:00:18-05:00September 15th, 2014|

I remember leaving high school and being completely confused about how to conduct some financial aspects of my life without the help of my parents. How do I file my taxes? What does signing a lease and renting an apartment actually entail? How do I finance a car? All these thoughts and more were running through my head at high speed when I [...]

America Invades the UK . . . with Grade Point Averages!

By Elizabeth Rule|2018-11-08T13:57:09-05:00September 9th, 2014|

The United Kingdom currently uses the two-hundred-year-old British undergraduate degree classification system as a grading structure for undergraduate degrees. This system consists of degree levels divided into five distinctions: first-class honors; second class, upper level (also known as a 2.1); second class, lower level (2.2); third class; and pass without honors (or an “ordinary degree.”) Though many other countries including Australia, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa [...]

The New Wave of Electronic Learning in the Classroom

By Elizabeth Rule|2018-11-08T13:40:47-05:00August 21st, 2014|

The world is constantly moving toward an overwhelmingly technological future. Every day, there is a new high-tech innovation or breakthrough—it’s rather exciting to be living in the forefront of the Information Age. With the way technology seems to be incorporating itself into everyday life, it’s essential that schools and classrooms become more equipped with digital-based curricula and devices. To get the ball rolling, in [...]

What About Academics?

By Caitlin Wilson|2018-11-08T13:38:46-05:00August 18th, 2014|

I just graduated from college, and I can guarantee that at least half my classmates were sometimes more concerned with how the football team did than with whether they could explain the thematic convolutions in Great Expectations or find the rate of flow through a wire suspended on the surface of a four-dimensional plane. (I knew that calculus class would pay off someday.) It’s expected [...]