Education

In an ideal world, every single kid who wants to go to college would have help paying for school, be it from family members or the government or the school they plan to attend. In reality, there are lots and lots of students who have to figure out how to make financing an education work...

I think the United States is coming to a real reckoning over the way that, for the past four or five decades, we have pushed college degrees on every single person who matriculates from high school. Even as the internet has broadened what’s possible as far as potential careers and sources of income, high school...

For people who don’t have a ton of firsthand experience being around or working with people with disabilities, there can definitely be a learning curve while figuring out the appropriate way to navigate the day-to-day. How can we learn, though, if the people who are living their lives with disabilities feel as if it’s rude...

Where are my fellow word nerds at? I suppose if you clicked on this post, you’re right here – which is exactly where you should be if you’re excited to learn more about those five special letters in the English alphabet. Vowels as essential to building words in English, and if you think the only important...

Teachers really need to watch what they say and what they do very carefully these days. And I think that’s a good thing! Because it wasn’t too long ago that teachers ruled with an iron fist and could pretty much do whatever they wanted without any consequences. But those days are long gone… And a...

Ok, ok, fine – he never said it was easy, just that it was easier, but I mean…are we buying that? I’m not someone who thinks any sort of math(s) are easy, not even the kind that sixth graders are assigned for homework, so I remain skeptical. Still, let’s give Dr. Po-Shen Loh of Carnegie Mellon University a...

There are more than a few perks to being a college professor, and I’ve got to think that being able to troll your students (anonymously, of course!) is one of them. I mean, these are supposed to be adults, so there’s no reason to put on your kid gloves, right? These 14 college profs encountered...

I love books. It’s a love affair that’s lasted my entire life and will be with me until I kick the bucket at some point. Some of my favorites that really made an impact on me are In Cold Blood, This Boy’s Life, and My Dark Places. But there are so many other great ones that I love,...