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Pop culture has a place in the classroom; popular trends like hip hop help to foster interest and ignite conversations in education.
Research-Based Strategies and Prevention Science Helps Youth to Become Better Digital Citizens
Digital Citizenship: Teaching Strategies and Practice from the Field is a new book that provides research-based strategies and prevention science, to help educators working with technology and youth.
By Nicole Clara6 years ago in Education
Why Every High School Student Should Take an Intro to Politics Class Before Graduation
Every four years, Americans ages 18 and older have the right to vote for the next leader of our country. What surprises me is how little information the younger generations have entering into this age bracket.
By Lawrence Lease6 years ago in Education
Rants & Rambles Cafe: Time to Pay the Piper
Once upon a time, there was a town infested with rats. The people feared they would succumb to the monstrous plague, but as the adults met in their town hall about the issue, a stranger entered the room, bearing few possessions other than a musical pipe.
By PathlessJourney6 years ago in Education
The War on Education
Look on social media and you are likely to come across memes, comics, or stories about how modern schools are failing to educate students. At the same time, there seems to an increase in "anti-science" groups, poor writing skills, and fake news. This is no coincidence. And while many of those who make arguments against modern schools have valid points, there are misunderstandings and false claims that are destroying society and the world as we know it.
By Lorraine Woiak6 years ago in Education
Byram Hills Security Guard Clarence Hewins Is Ready at the Gate
If you’re a parent, student, teacher or administrator at Byram Hills High School, you can’t miss Clarence Hewins. He is the school’s security guard and occupies the booth at the entrance of the parking lot. An imposing and resolute figure, he’s pretty hard to overlook. But his perch has become a conversation starter that no one at the school wants to avoid anyway.
By Rich Monetti7 years ago in Education
The World Is Filled With Filler
I know this is a bit of a humorous subject, but I see filler everywhere. I see it on YouTube videos, news articles, TV shows, and movies. We even have a 600 word minimum for these articles. It got me to wonder why do we have so much filler, especially when times are moving much faster. Don't we want to get to the point a lot faster? My thoughts about this always come back to school. There's a few points that I want to get to, but how did I get to this subject?
By Brian Anonymous7 years ago in Education
Why We Need Holocaust Education Now More than Ever in America
The New York Times recently reported that the Holocaust is fading from memory. 31% of Americans and 41% of millennials think that under two million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Try 6 million. And 41% of Americans and 66% of Millennials don't know what Auschwitz was. Woof. And 52% of Americans don't know that Hitler was democratically elected. It sounds like a lot of people just aren't getting a Holocaust education at all! What they know about the Holocaust they know from popular culture osmosis. They might as well get their facts from Indiana Jones. YOU CAN'T SURVIVE A NUCLEAR BLAST IN A REFRIGERATOR!
By Ben Kharakh7 years ago in Education
The Flaw in American Education
A student I know recently approached a teacher to ask about the basis for her policy that, in order to receive credit for any activity from the textbook, one must copy down the questions as well as adding their answers. Her response?
By Miles Gordon7 years ago in Education
Why the Education System Is Bullsh*t
Life is all about learning. Every single day, no matter how old we are, we learn something new; it’s how the world works. Our minds are capable of the most incredible things, things that we haven’t even begun to discover yet. So why should we invest our minds, time, and money into the education system when our own life experiences can teach us the biggest lessons of all? Our modern-day education system and what we are teaching kids is all bullsh*t and here’s why.
By Morgan Georgia Blanks8 years ago in Education
Celebrities with Student Loan Debt
These ten celebrities with student loan debt will surprise you, but before their success, student debt has hit each of them in different ways. How did they take this journey and turn it into something that they can express to their fans or followers?
By Kelsey Lange8 years ago in Education
10 Creepiest Teacher-Student Relationships in TV History
There have been way too many cases of teacher-student relationships out there in the world. From college professors to even high school teachers having a relationship with one of their students, the majority of us know how wrong it is for a teacher to have a relationship with a student. And television doesn't slightly justify it at all. In fact, there are so many shows that show a teacher having an intimate relationship with a student and it's just plain weird.
By Penny Newton8 years ago in Education
