...Every student must take a standardized test at one point or another in their education. Students often feel that they won't have enough knowledge about a subject to do well enough to get the score they want or need. What they don't know is that these tests are all based on some simple formulas and that finding the correct answer doesn't always hinge on subject knowledge. (read more)
...From my years of teaching, I have seen children blossom when creating things that imbue real craftsmanship/workmanship -- they glow with an intrinsic sense of self-worth they get from knowing they "did it themselves." Creating art is truly play, not "work" to be done without joy. I have been a p... (read more)