Category: Education

Schools must take steps to ensure a healthier environment for its students and not minimize the impact they have on the environment. Schools must take steps to ensure a healthier environment for their students and not minimize the impact they have on the environment. Schools can suffer from the same pollution problems as homes. But… Continue reading Environmental Alerts In And Around The Classroom

Half the time you don’t give a crap about the subject material, but you still find yourself mechanically writing down whatever your professor says. “National debt of Antarctica: 0… Population of the Moon: 0…” Quit writing for 5 minutes and listen. What is this person really trying to tell you and why does it matter?… Continue reading 10 Ways to Improve Note Taking Skills

A major concern for many parents is their child’s intellectual and social development in school. Anxious parents may wonder if their child is well-liked by his or her peers, or if he or she is able to keep up with the daily reading requirements or the math homework. Others may be concerned with their child’s… Continue reading Children’s development and education

Chess in the schools provides children a way to plan and use strategy in controlled competitive environment. These skills can be carried over into real life. Chess is needed in American schools. Our children’s education is based on memorization. It makes sense that children should take a class based on long-term strategy and wit. Long… Continue reading Chess In The Schools

A comparison of active vs. passive learning and the difference between the types of active and passive classes as it relates to learning. Everyone who has gone to school knows that some classes are better, more interesting, or just livelier than others. We have all sat through classes where we learned little, except the facts… Continue reading Active Vs. Passive Learning