Will There Be a Job For My Son? For Others With Disabilities?

by: Kristina Chew

It being Labor Day tomorrow (or maybe today as you read this), it’s the first day of school for my son Charlie tomorrow, as it is for many children across the US.
Consequently, in our household, ‘Labor Day’ has come to mean the big transition day before Charlie returns to the routine of his [...]

09.7.10 | Education, Education Community Association (Teachers, Professors & Educators), Pendidikan Dasar, Pendidikan Menengah, SDLB, SMALB | Yolanda Vincent

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Teacher Fired for Facebook Post: Facebook Troubles

by: Ann Bibby

Dr. June Talvitie-Siple, a high school math supervisor in Cohasset, Massachusetts, learned her lesson about Facebook privacy settings the hard way – she lost her job.
Arrogant and Snobby
Not realizing her status update wasn’t restricted to friends only, Dr. Talvitie-Siple groused about the upcoming school year calling the residents of Cohasset “arrogant and snobby” [...]

08.24.10 | EQ, Education, Education Community Association (Teachers, Professors & Educators), Pendidikan Dasar, Pendidikan Menengah | Patrick Swayze

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10 New (School) Year Resolutions

by Terri Hall-Jackson

As summer vacation comes to an end, for many of us, thoughts turn back towards school.  Late August to early September feels as much like a beginning to me as January 1st.  It’s that school year rhythm that’s embedded deep in my psyche.  As I consider the new school year, I ask myself [...]

08.21.10 | Education, Education Community Association (Teachers, Professors & Educators), Pendidikan Dasar, Pendidikan Menengah | Jed Darden

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Teen Sex Doesn’t Equal Bad Grades

by: Ann Bibby

Although it probably isn’t the news some adults want to hear, researchers now say that teenagers who engage in sex are not any more likely to perform poorly in school than their virgin peers. In fact, teens in committed relationships are just as likely to earn good grades and go on to attend [...]

08.18.10 | Education, Education Community Association (Teachers, Professors & Educators), Pendidikan Menengah | Ingrid Chrsyler

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College Kids Plagiarize A LOT! Blame the Internet?

by: Kristina Chew

40 percent of undergraduates in the US admitted to copying at least a few sentences on written assignments.
When asked whether copying from the Internet is ’serious cheating,’ only 29 percent of students answered yes. A few years ago, 34 percent said such copying—plagiarizing—was ’serious cheating.’
Plagiarism On the Rise at US Colleges and Universities
These [...]

08.5.10 | Education, Education Community Association (Teachers, Professors & Educators), IQ, Pendidikan Menengah | Carolyne Douglas

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How Parenting Advice Just Makes You Feel Like a Big Loser

by Eric Steinman
Something happened to parenting in the last few decades. Maybe it was Dr. Spock with his watershed Baby and Child Care book released in 1946? Or possibly the hardbound avalanche of parenting advice books (type in “parenting advice” on an Amazon.com search and you will get 87,608 experts eager to show you how [...]

08.5.10 | EQ, Education, Education Community Association (Teachers, Professors & Educators), Pendidikan Dasar, Pendidikan Menengah | Adam Bricks

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New Program Pays Teens Not To Get Pregnant?

by: Amelia Thomson-De Vaux
I’m a junior at an expensive university, so I fully understand that college is pricey, and I’m all-too familiar with the diverse range of scholarships available to people who may have trouble paying (myself included).  But this new scholarship idea is something I’ve never heard of before.  A controversial North Carolina program [...]

08.5.10 | EQ, Education, Education Community Association (Teachers, Professors & Educators), Pendidikan Dasar, Pendidikan Menengah | William Harrison

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Bad Apples and Good Parents: Can Decent People Raise Indecent Children?

by Eric Steinman

I have known so many parents in my life that repeatedly, and habitually; take credit for their children’s good behavior and achievements in life. I have a somewhat contrary view of assuming the acclaim or glory for a child’s success and accomplishment, and this is a view that doesn’t win over proud parents. [...]

08.2.10 | EQ, Education, Education Community Association (Teachers, Professors & Educators), Pendidikan Dasar, Pendidikan Menengah | Dahlia Conner

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Adderall: The New Study Buddy?

by: Ann Bibby
The last all-nighter I pulled was as a college sophomore. Diet Coke and No Doz were my study aids, but after being laid low several days later with a migraine borne of sleep deprivation, I was a convert to actually studying throughout the semester rather than trying to cram months worth of learning [...]

05.14.10 | EQ, Education, Education Community Association (Teachers, Professors & Educators), Pendidikan Menengah | Artie Carrington

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She Was Old; She Deserved To Die

by: Judy Molland
On this Mother’s Day, let’s re-affirm that every life is equally valuable, from the very old to the very young.
A few days ago I came across some news that I was sure I must have misunderstood.
I hadn’t.
A Freeport, Long Island, teenager charged with crashing a van into a house, killing a woman [...]

05.11.10 | EQ, Education, Education Community Association (Teachers, Professors & Educators), IQ, Pendidikan Menengah, SQ | Eugenio Jefferson

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