501 articles on "school"

Gap Year – Taking Off A Year

What is a “Gap Year?” Actually, it’s the new term for taking off a year after high school but before college. Sound fun? Not if you think it’s for slackers.A gap year is intended to help kids get a better grasp on the real world after high sc...

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Rediscovering the Classroom: How to Make Learning Fun

If you're like many people, you spent much of your youth in school, sat in a lot of classes, listened to a lot of lectures, and did a lot of homework. Maybe along the way you even learned something. I say "maybe" because despite all the "change...

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5 Ways to Profit From No Child Left Behind NCLB

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (No Child Left Behind) is designed to reform and improve student achievement and change the culture of America’s schools. According to this reform act each state must measure every public school student’s prog...

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Kick Start Your Mentor Program and Stop the Bullies!

Whining about bullying and how rotten the bullies were and the poor students that they bullied used to be one of my regular activities. "We have to do something to help these kids" both the bullies and their victims," I would whine. But for years, I ...

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The Last Day of \'Who Cares?\'

Yesterday was the last day of ‘Who Cares?’ for my oldest child. Today is his first day of high school. From now on, his choices will have a long-term effect on his life. Nothing will ever be the same for him. Our culture doesn’t make a big deal...

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Five Easy Ways To Bring Family Time Into Your Day; Balancing Work And Family Stresses

Five Easy Ways To Bring Family Time Into Your Day; Balancing Work And Family Stresses by: BZ Riger-Hull The pace of life seems to quicken every year. More and more time is spent rushing from job to after school activities or evening meetings. It...

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Graphic Design Schools - Everything You Need To Know

A successful future in the new media industry (and specifically, graphic design) depends on choosing the right school. As a graduate student in this field myself, I will be able to provide you with the absolute best advice one can get in regards to t...

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The Life of a Child

The Life of a Child by: Andy Carloff At the school, the child will learn to be submissive to any mortal authority, whether they are in the right or the wrong. At the church, the child will learn to be submissive to the immortal lord, whether the...

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Parents — The No Child Left Behind Law Won’t Do Much For Your Child

Parents — The No Child Left Behind Law Won’t Do Much For Your Child by: Joel Turtel Past experience with federal education programs predicts that the No Child Left Behind act (NCLB) will also fail parents whose children are doing poorly in s...

Parenting  parenting school education public government
Why Bother with Art Colleges?

If you are pretty talented at art you might not even consider going to Art College. Why should you, anyway? You can draw like the masters: Boticelli, Michaelangeo, Da Vinci. There wasn’t a landscape scene your brushes didn’t like, and there wasnâ...

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