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Shakespearean Works and Their Place in Today’s Academics

Shakespeare’s Importance in Learning There are many elements of traditional learning that can be fostered in the engagement with Shakespeare’s works, such as reinforcing student responsibility, encouraging discussions presented by students, and reflecting tasks in real-world scenarios.[1] These foundational aspects are demonstrated across all subjects of academic environments, including English classrooms and their implementation of classics such as Shakespeare into students’ curricula. These [...]

By Karly Tomasi Fall 2024 Intern|2025-10-16T19:47:43-04:00January 8th, 2025|

– The Revival of Literature – How Adaptations Are Drawing in New Readers-and Stirring Controversy

Book to film adaptations are rampant this year, from Netflix’s recent announcement of wanting to make yet another Pride & Prejudice movie—as if the 2005 production could ever be topped—to Emily Henry’s romance book People We Meet on Vacation, which just wrapped up filming this week! Many readers tend to scoff at news of adaptations, myself included, as they’ve been burned far too [...]

By Sarahi Lopez Fall 2024 Intern|2025-11-12T16:29:28-05:00January 7th, 2025|

Arts Education and All-Around Student Success

What Does It Mean to Integrate Arts Education? Does It Benefit Students? Arts education refers to the activities outside of a student’s regular curriculum, including visual arts, music, instrumental music, theatre, etc. Specifically, studies are showing the positive outcomes in arts integration and intentionally aligning learning in arts within all other subjects.[1] In support of this integration, fine arts programs are stressing the [...]

By Karly Tomasi Fall 2024 Intern|2025-10-16T19:32:20-04:00January 3rd, 2025|

Beyond the Story: Reading as Self-care

Most people read books for the sheer pleasure of it, and for the tales they tell. Books take you on immersive journeys; some through worlds of wonder, some through developing relationships, and others give you insight into the lives of real people and their experiences. These fictional experiences do a lot more for you than you think: they’re therapeutic escapes that come with [...]

By Sarahi Lopez Fall 2024 Intern|2025-11-12T16:32:21-05:00December 22nd, 2024|

Can E-Readers Encourage Better Reading and Comprehension Habits in Students?

What are E-Readers? The use of E-Readers has been on the rise, opening more and more people up to reading as the need for physical books reduces. But what exactly are they, and what can they do? E-Readers contain a multitude of uses aside from simply reading; along with electronic versions of books, they have built in dictionaries, word search tools, highlighting, note-taking [...]

By Karly Tomasi Fall 2024 Intern|2025-11-12T16:43:37-05:00December 17th, 2024|

Differentiation: Meeting Students’ Individual Needs

What is Differentiation? Differentiation is an important aspect of a classroom environment, where its purpose serves to convey the individual needs of students, then giving educators the opportunity to cater learning based upon each student’s unique strengths and reflect on areas that are more challenging. This element is an important aspect of the classroom as it requires teachers to get to know their [...]

By Karly Tomasi Fall 2024 Intern|2025-10-20T11:23:55-04:00December 11th, 2024|

Hobbies: The Secret to a Happier Life

It’s right around that time of the year when the sun begins to set earlier, it's colder, and getting out of bed becomes harder. Your productivity is taking a hit, you feel down because it looks sad outside, and you find yourself unable to do anything beyond doom scrolling for hours. What do you do with yourself? You take up a hobby. Yes, [...]

By Sarahi Lopez Fall 2024 Intern|2025-11-12T17:14:00-05:00December 10th, 2024|

The Potentiality in Fostering Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Students

What is ESD and Why is it Valuable Education? The idea of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) surrounds the emphasis of environmental and sustainability learning within classrooms. In placing importance on these subjects, students are able to better advocate for their environment and be driving forces in the push towards future sustainable development. There are key components to ESD that serve as the [...]

By Karly Tomasi Fall 2024 Intern|2025-10-20T11:37:15-04:00December 4th, 2024|

The Aesthetics of Reading

Social media and the isolation of the pandemic have altered every aspect of reading for the general public. No matter where you look—Youtube, Instagram, TikTok and even X—all have thriving communities of readers who recommend each other books, discuss the newest flashy fiction release, and build their personal libraries. Videos with trope-based recommendations, massive book hauls, and gargantuan reading goals are the norm. [...]

By Sarahi Lopez Fall 2024 Intern|2025-11-12T17:25:21-05:00December 3rd, 2024|

The Rise of Homeschooling

Why the boom? Homeschooling has only been around (legally) for about 30 years or so in the states and has steadily increased in use—though after 2020 and a pandemic that forced traditional schools to close their doors, a boom occurred.[1] The percentage of homeschooled students nearly doubled, from being only about 2.5%-3% of school-age children to almost 6%.[2] But what has spurred such rapid [...]

By Sarahi Lopez Fall 2024 Intern|2025-10-21T00:18:33-04:00November 27th, 2024|

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