“College and career readiness,” for all students has become a national, state, and district benchmark in recent years and shows no signs of disappearing any time soon. Despite the push from every level of government, there has not been much progress, and I...
Countless high school students perseverate excessively about their Grade Point Average (GPA). There is no doubt that GPA is one of the most important factors that colleges will consider in admissions and scholarship applications and obsession with GPA has led to...
In recent years, suicide has become one of the top five causes of death worldwide for children between the ages of fifteen and nineteen. In many cases, one death by suicide begets another and just this past year school districts in California, Ohio, Arizona, and Utah...
If you follow educational trends, you have most likely heard the buzz around teaching a growth mindset as opposed to a fixed mindset. What does that mean? A student with a fixed mindset believes that his or her intelligence is static, while a student with a growth...
Education fads usually change as often as our Midwest weather, but STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) has stuck and appears to be here for the long term. Why does it have legs, and why do we need STEM? Increasingly, technology is becoming a basic skill...
Teens need more sleep than any other age group besides newborns, yet they are also the group that is arguably the most sleep deprived. When teens lose sleep, they are at risk of serious, troublesome side effects. Mental Health Issues A study of suburban high school...
