Does a Shorter Week Help Kids with Their Learning?

This article by Mary Beth Walker, Dean of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, is being reprinted here with permission from the author and Creative Commons: How would you react if you were told that your local public school planned to...

Teachers Making Money by Selling Lesson Plans

Read all about the teacher money maker, Teachers Pay Teachers, in a piece by Tori Jorgensen, a Deseret News intern and student at Southern Utah University by clicking here, and then get in on the action by either submitting or purchasing. It’s all good....

The SAT Essay on the Chopping Block

Is abandoning the essay portion of the SAT yet another indication of dumbing down when it comes to students and what’s expected of them? Is this the latest move to help kids feel better about themselves and making college acceptance less challenging? It would...