Career counselors everywhere are fielding this question: Should I go to graduate school to wait out the economy and re-enter the job market with stronger credentials?
School buses will soon bustle down the streets. Students will be armed with lists of items their teacher want them to purchase for the school year, followed by the frantic dash to various stores to find the paper, pencils and notebooks.
With a new school year in full swing for some and looming for other families, getting things done will be the major goal — whether it’s getting out the door on time in the morning or making sure homework is finished before bedtime. Experts say being organized can help students and their families reach the finish line.
The first day of school for me was always exciting. There were new teachers, new kids and new fears. I discovered, however, that once I located the pencil sharpener, I would be OK.
It might come as a surprise to today’s students, but making fun of a teacher is nothing new. Yup, we did it, too. Our target? Any teacher who had the guts to show up with bad breath, out-of-date clothes or who just had the gall to send us to detention.
School bells soon will be ringing, so it’s time to prepare your child for a transition from home to a place filled with new and exciting experiences. Understanding and anticipating the possibility of some separation anxiety will help your child to be much more successful during those first days of school.
Recent high school graduates are getting ready to go off to college. Some have already left for school. This can be a difficult transition.
With another school year around the corner, it's time to dust off the cobwebs collecting on backpacks and lunchboxes and recognize that those back-to-school sales we see just about everywhere are not for "other people" but for our own kids.
My daughter and I are both counting the days until she returns to college, but for different reasons.
Going back to school isn’t as boring as some students may think.
All of us at one time or another had to memorize U.S. state capitals in school. The real question is, do you still remember them?
Of the children heading back to school this fall, 2.2 million have some type of food allergy, according to the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network.
Choosing what to wear the first day of school — and every day thereafter — is no small decision. Here’s a look at Some trends for kids heading back to school.
Learning disabilities are not “outgrown” and can affect a person throughout his or her life, hampering academic and then career success. The good news is help is available, and the sooner a child gets assistance, the better. The first step is realizing there’s a problem.
Recent reports of bullying and its effects on the children involved are enough to put parents on full alert. Long identified by name-calling and teasing, technology puts a new spin on this old problem for children of all ages.
As technology advances at lightning speed, colleges are working to help students learn in a new way.
Doing homework is one of a student’s most dreaded activities and often one of a parent’s great challenges. With some guidance, however, you can help your child develop a lifetime of good learning habits
As teachers and students prepare for the start of school, these numbers provide some perspective on the american education system.
The average annual 2008 earnings for people 18 and older who have an advanced degree was $83,144 according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Like it or not, change is inevitable. As time passes, we frequently complain that things aren’t as good as they used to be. Of course, the fact that many such complaints are baseless doesn’t mean that all of them are.
