What good is an academic education if your lifestyle is causing you to experience not only a lesser quality of life but a shorter life as well? To say that a good portion of the population in the United States …
Every parent wants their child to grow up into a responsible citizen that does fantastic things with their life. But, unfortunately, parenting is not that easy. Not everyone can be Mike and Carol Brady and raise an incredible bunch. It …
This is always an interesting time of the year for those in education. As the students start to focus less in class and more on the upcoming break, it can be a difficult period for keeping the kids enthusiastic about …
No matter what the grade level, if a student is suffering from low self-esteem, it can affect every avenue of their life. It impacts their ability to socialize with others and presents them with constant academic challenges. On the other …
Every parent wants to help provide a better life for their kids than what they originally had themselves. It is often the number one goal of a good mother and father. Accomplishing this, though, does not come easy. After all, …
The modern classroom has changed from yesteryear as we equip our learners better with digital literacy skills and present them with hands-on learning opportunities. It’s a long way from thirty wooden desks and a chalkboard. A 21st-century education now consists …
It’s that time of year: the weather is warming up, birds are chirping, and the daylight hours are getting longer. With the exuberance of Spring also come perhaps the hardest months of the school year: the last few. As the …
We’re all guilty of it: staring at our devices too long into the night, eating poorly, and, perhaps, not being as active as we could. Look, no one says you need to run a 5K every week or eat only …
Put simply, we live in a time of “full plates.” Our plates, both kids’ and adults’, are pretty much full every day. It makes sense, then, that we often feel overwhelmed and somewhat scattered. Below, we’ll explore some simple ways …
One of the great challenges for any student is mastering the art of staying focused in a world of incessant distraction. According to Maggie Jackson, columnist for the Boston Globe and author of the book Distracted: The Erosion of Attention …