Today’s Schools Should Emulate The Education That Produced Abraham Lincoln Would our schools have prepared Abraham Lincoln to give us the Gettysburg Address or Second Inaugural? Do they aspire to? MARCH 14, 2019 By Stephen Shipp Last month marked the 210th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. To the professional educator, Lincoln is endlessly fascinating. His family followed…

Adorable moment an eight-year-old boy consoles his crying autistic classmate on their first day of school in a picture which has melted hearts across social media From UK Daily Mail Christian Moore was pictured holding Connor Crites hand on their first day of second grade at the Minneha Elementary School in Wichita on August 14…

I took on a big mortgage to live near a certain public school. Parents need school choice. Carrie Lukas, Opinion contributor Published 7:00 a.m. ET Aug. 29, 2019 I’m fortunate to be able to afford to move to a neighborhood with quality public schools. But more choice can help parents lessen financial stress. Three years ago,…

(Science Daily) Language-savvy parents improve their children’s reading development, study shows The researchers found that adults with higher reading-related knowledge are likelier to provide positive feedback, which helps the learning process June 14, 2019, Concordia University Parents with higher reading-related knowledge are not only more likely to have children with higher reading scores but are…

(Science Daily) High school students who take music courses score significantly better on math, science and English exams than their non-musical peers, according to a new study published in the Journal of Educational Psychology. School administrators needing to trim budgets often look first to music courses, because the general belief is that students who devote…