Our parents are well aware of the difficulties that we are going to face in our life, maybe that’s why they submerge our childhood in books based on calculations and numbers. Some students love it and they play with numbers like that’s a cakewalk, but some of them just have absolute aversion because they could…
Even after these many years of the Great Recession, America still struggles with deep political and economical challenges. The country’s politics has split into red and blue tribes. In economic terms, the income and wealth inequality has only increased since the depression. The “earning more than your parents” is no more there. Collectively, they cause…
The billionaires Koch Brothers and Betsy DeVos had started an experiment with the government to redefine education that goes against teachers’ unions, teachers and parents. Both the sides are ready for a fight. Koch brothers funded a law by the Arizona lawmakers that enacts the broadest school vouchers law. These state funded vouchers will allow…
United States is renowned for big investments in education. But the return on investment is not as good as expected, when compared to the other nations across the world. Ranking Education systems is complicated. We owe it to the fact that there is no international standard to distinguish a good education with bad one. However,…
At the price tag of $325 million, Parramatta has become the most expensive school precinct. The education minister Rob Stokes advocates the new Parramatta primary and high schools as state-of-the art buildings that will serve the students for a century. High-rise building of Arthur Phillip High School and Parramatta Public School were estimated to cost…
Here are the top 10 reasons that make it difficult for US education system to live up to its optimum potential. The digital age needs new definition of literacy. Gone are the days when literacy referred to printing texts. Now, everything has turned digital and we need digital literacy. Apart from basic reading and writing…
Shootings at School make Homeschooling a safer bet: Homeschooling groups have noticed a recent spur in the number of inquiries for educating kids at home. No wonder this is coming in the light of recent shootings at school across the nation. So far, 23 school shootings took place in 2018 alone. The latest one took…
What is more important, saving for retirement or your kid’s education?This question goes through the mind of every American parent and the choice is tough to make. Most of us go for the option which feels right. However, any financial decision that is made on feelings and not on facts turns into regret at some…
What can US learn from Finland’s Education System? Starting the school at the age of seven, Finnish children only have four hours of classes in a day and receive no homework until they become teenagers. Even then, they beat almost every country in international test results. Another great thing is that these high results are…
Finding and marketing your school’s unique value: Independent and Private schools have a lot to offer to its students and the community as a whole. It’s a task to make sure that both groups know why the school is different. These differentiators are called Unique Value Proposition (UVP) in marketing terminology. It is a crisp…