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Why School Budgets Always Seem to Increase
According to the NYC Department of Education, the school budget for 2018-2019 is over 32 billion. That's an enormous amount of money, even for a large school district. School budgets across the country, however, always seem to be increasing. There are several important reasons why budgets are constantly growing no matter...
Learning From The Education System in Other Countries
The United States could learn from the education system in other countries. Out of 40 other countries we place number 14. This is not acceptable for a country that claims to possess such a quality education system. The top ten educational systems are as follows:1. South Korea2. Japan3. Singapore4. Hong Kong5. Finland6....
How Chromebooks Have Changed The Classrooms
Intro – 2012 to 2019 - According to the Associated Press, in five years, Google Chromebooks have gone from being 9 percent of the mobile devices present in classrooms in the U.S. to having over a 49 percent mobile device market share in the classrooms in the U.S. How did that happen?...
How Much Recess Kids Need
In order to promote a holistic learning environment, there are plenty of components that are involved with children. This comes in the form of an organized curriculum of topics to teach and an environment that promotes learning. However, a portion of a child's day at school which is imperative is...
How Hard Should Kids be Pushed in Curriculum
Sometimes, teachers are not clear on how hard to “push” students in the curriculum. Really, that is not the right question to ask. “Push” implies force. As educators, we need to help provide all of the scaffolding to help every student achieve and surpass the state standards. We need to...
Is Being a Teacher Harder Now Than 20 Years Ago?
Teaching is a really tough profession that requires an educator to invest an incredible commitment of time and energy to their work throughout the school year. Teachers often go home with piles of papers to grade and are often required to do lesson planning in their own time. They often...
Challenges Students Don't Face Any Longer in 2019
Long gone are the days where students had to write notes on small chalkboards, walk over miles to their school, and have only one school to choose from in order to receive their education. With the rampant increase in technology, the landscape of the classroom has changed dramatically. While some...
Challenges Students Today Face
Anyone who says that kids don't have any worries needs to have a long, hard look at reality. Just because young people don't have the same worries as adults doesn't mean that they don't have worries. All kinds of pressure are placed on them, and they're often difficult to juggle....
One on One Education
When it comes to a learning environment, there are many variables that come into play. The obvious objective is to be able to teach the necessary information to a student who is able to fully understand and retain the information for the future. On this journey of trying to optimize...
Dealing with Difficult Parents
Working in the educational sector as a teacher or administrator is not always easy. In addition to teaching children all day, grading papers, and maintaining proper educational standards, professionals involved in education are also required to communicate with the parents of their students. While most parents are likely to turn...
The Right Age To Start Homework
There ‘s the popular question of which age is right to start giving students homework. But believe it or not, this is not an easy question to answer. It’s not only age that’s a factor, it’s also whether your students can handle the difficulty of the tasks as well as...
Can You Have a Good School With a Bad Principal?
To answer a question of quality, one must first define what meets the criteria. This is a fundamental problem that far too many organizations fail to address before taking what often ends up being ineffective action. How can corrective action be taken without first identifying the problem? In matters of education,...