What if you could opt out of the “hard” classes in high school?  If you don't want to go on to college, are they really necessary? &n... [...] read more »

A filibuster is a process U. S. Senators can use to flex their leverage on legislation that they feel passionate about.  I’m ok with that -... [...] read more »

How would you handle a situation in which a teacher you expect to give you an education refuses to actually sit down and TEACH you something?  Ma... [...] read more »

Never thought I would see the day when the only way to encourage parents to get involved in their child’s education is forcing them to. &nb... [...] read more »

For many people, math can be a difficult subject to master.  There are times I struggle with it, myself. After all, some equations simply don't m... [...] read more »

Slowly but surely educators are beginning to realize that perhaps we need to re-evaluate the approach we are taking to prepare our youth for post-seco... [...] read more »

One voice can make a difference! - You can be the voice for EnergizeStudents.org to speak on behalf of fellow Teachers, Parents or Students. - ... [...] read more »

How much of the average high school students work actually requires any real learning?  To me, the basic standard curriculum consists of very lit... [...] read more »

I recently read an article about a father of three grown children who had become increasingly disappointed that his offspring had not met up to his ex... [...] read more »

As a student, how often do you stop and think about how boring high school is?  That there's very little that will ever be applicable to your own... [...] read more »

Everyone has heard of the fiscal cliff – a plan to cut spending in the United States and ultimately reduce the 2013 deficit by approximately $77... [...] read more »

I recently spoke with a co-worker who told me her son was suspended from school for three days for cheating on a biology test.  When she spoke wi... [...] read more »

Teaching Goals in 2013                 As a new year rings in, people are ... [...] read more »

NBC’s Education Nation recently hosted the 2012 Summit where the panel explored the nation's changing demographics.  The summit stressed th... [...] read more »

Since it implemented huge education reforms 40 years ago, Finland's school system has consistently come at the top for the international rankings... [...] read more »

Students are faced with many issues today when it comes to post-secondary education, choose one... many students aren't given the option to learn ho... [...] read more »

In the past, I use to get frustrated when my daughter, now age 19, showed symptoms of the “era of technology."  I felt that she was being ... [...] read more »

CNN’s School of Thought recently did an article about a school in New York that was succeeding against all odds, because of the “power of... [...] read more »

Bullying is something that takes place in almost every school nationwide. While almost anyone can acknowledge that it is morally wrong, many won't g... [...] read more »

The NY Department of Education has been stocking high school nurses office’s in selected schools with Plan B, and other birth-control drugs.&n... [...] read more »

To most high school seniors, there isn't much work behind understanding a topic. You memorize the facts, you repeat the facts, you follow the direct... [...] read more »

    Today when I was browsing my news feed I stumbled across a story of a boy in middle school who was suspended for opening a doo... [...] read more »

The possibility to learn other subjects other than your basics of Math, Science and English in a school curriculum is something craved by most student... [...] read more »

With the recent public outcry over Karen Klein, the bus monitor who was harassed on the school bus by four seventh-graders, it has led me to think abo... [...] read more »

When you sit down in front of your television at night, what do you see? You see your television show, but what else? Most people will also be bombard... [...] read more »

In a typical school day, students find themselves wishing for the chance to look up something online – an answer to their homework or simply som... [...] read more »

Since the launch of Facebook in 2004 – and even before Facebook became popular – there have been social networking sites such as MySpace, ... [...] read more »

Background The California Dream Act1, signed by Governor Jerry Brown, allows for undocumented immigrant students to apply for state-funded scholarshi... [...] read more »

In 40 U.S. states there are currently more than 500 public schools that are either single-sex or have single-sex classrooms. This is a large growth fr... [...] read more »

According to a new 20-year study across 27 countries, being raised in a bookless home compared to in a home with a 500-book library “has the sam... [...] read more »

           According to an April 20, 2011 Economist article titled “Education: A lesson in med... [...] read more »

I’ve often wondered if all the homework I’d been getting throughout K-12 was really worthwhile. Well, now I know. “According to Professor Harris Cooper of Duke University, kids should be assigned no more than ten minutes per grade level per school night (Monday through Thursday only). [...] read more »

A few days ago, YouTube posted a video in which they interviewed Shakira and had her fans vote on questions to ask her, many regarding education.

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"People constantly tell me that I should wear my dropout badge with pride. But I never have. I really wanted to succeed in school." Read the rest of this story and see what one teacher has done to get students connected to a personalized style of learning through technology.

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What options are there for students, when they don’t understand the lessons the teachers are talking about in class?

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(San Marcos, CA – Apr. 15, 2010) The not-for-profit Energize Students (dba T2CE) has just launched the Your Point of View contest to bring real life perspectives to the issues that face our education system, by engaging the students. [...] read more »

After reading through numerous articles and opinions on NCLB, it is refreshing to read something by an experienced educator that puts the students at the core of the strategy to improve our schools.

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Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green star in an online short film that seeks to exaggerate the current state of California’s education system. However, even with all their star power, it seems to me that the Hollywood players that send their kids to Wonderland Elementary are still missing the point.

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Obama’s revised version of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) states that its primary goal is to make every child in America “College or Career ready.” As I have researched the topic, I have found that “College or Career Ready” means that each student is prepped and ready to move onto either a vocational school or a university after graduation.  

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As I read the following quotes, I notice a glaring issue…the Unions are not talking about the issue of educating children, but are consumed by convincing the public and themselves that teachers are being victimized.

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Revising the No Child Left Behind Law (NCLB) is the solution our political leaders have adopted to fix our schools.

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Do California educators realize that they may be the architects of their own layoffs?  Educators are allowing their Union dues to fund a staggering $212 million dollar political campaign aimed at defeating ballot measures to reform the education system, to squash political candidates that seek educational change, and lobby the legislature in order to keep the status quo.

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Everything must be measured and according to the state most importantly our children, so the System forces them to take tests that are irrelevant to them, under daunting circumstances that suppress what they’ve learned.

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A school board in Rhode Island voted to fire all teachers at the struggling Central Falls High School as a means of fixing the school…doesn’t this sound more like blaming, than fixing?

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What do you think of Kaplan University’s ad set in a large lecture hall and starting with the professor’s words quoted below?    “I stand before you today to apologize.  “The system has failed you. “I have failed you. “I have failed to help you share your talent with the world — when the world needs talent now more than...

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The treasure box of little gifts is an example of an oft-used extrinsic reward system. About 20 years ago a private K-6 school in San Diego had proudly started using the treasure box technique after a conference presentation. Students went to the treasure box to pick a gift for themselves when they accomplished some learning.

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