Students arm wrestle between classes at a school in Shandong Province. Recesses don't have to be periods of anxiety for educators. They can be structured to include safe, creative student activities like group exercises, po...
While I sat in quarantine in my room during the day, I began making calls and looking up new venues. The kids said that the DJ would not refund their money and that he could only do a Friday or a Sunday. The girls dresses were summer dresses. Our son was moved out, in theory, an...
This is tragic. Algebra shouldn’t act as a gatekeeper, limiting a student’s dreams. It should be a gateway, helping students realize them. That’s why the Gates Foundation sought the brightest minds around the world to help solve what may be the hardest math problem in the world: How ...
We will be unable to improve schools, get more low and middle-income kids through college, make the needed investments to push back global warming, or simply make the paycheck go far enough to meet basic needs and aspirations. And even if you think your family’s health care plan is OK,...
It's more visually appealing than a chain link fence, and it's a great way to keep people out of your yard and keep your kids and dogs inside. Here are a few reasons a picket fence could be a good choice for your property. It's Suitable For The Front Yard If you live in the ...
beach, it seemed like there weren't really any Christian songs that would fit those facets of life… So, I aspired to make Christian music that I think is cool," he tells GRAMMY.com. "I'm just making it the way that I love it. I think that authenticity is what kids resonate with...
~ Kristen Welch, Author of Raising Grateful Kids in An Entitled World “September meets us in the questions and struggles we wrestle through as moms, and with the comfort of a friend and the practical wisdom of a mentor, leads us to see the purposes of God in our calling. Find both enc...
Why should *I* be forced to help someone else? Here’s why: Because you’re better off if other people aren’t suffering so much. Even if you truly cannot see a reason why the suffering of another person is relevant to you, there’s still an ice-cold pragmatic reason to redistribute...
It is important to equip kids with the basketball fundamentals to succeed at higher levels regardless if they make it or not. It would be unfortunate if a kid mad it to college and is anoffensive juggernautbut has to be taken out during the clutch moments because he/she can’t play man...
When Longfellow Middle School in Falls Church, Va., recently renovated its classrooms, Vern Williams, who might be the best math teacher in the United States, had t…