While the end of the academic year may be a hazy light off in the distance, it’s never too early to plan self improvement activities over the summer. One great opportunity is the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) annual conference June 29th-July 2 in Boston. read more
February is CTE Month®, honoring the administrators, teachers, counselors and other professionals who help students and adults identify career goals and make the educational and training plans to reach them… read more
A recent opinion piece in the New York Times posits a potentially heretical idea: that the premise of our educational system, of promoting college attendance to all students, is misguided. The author’s assertion is that our society spends too much money on students who attend college and not enough on everyone else… read more
One of the obvious benefits of a digital world is instant access to news and current events. We are all set adrift on this sea of information , which also serves as the backdrop for those who walk into every school classroom in the morning. Connecting current events with classroom lesson plans… read more
May 7-11 is National Teacher Appreciation Week. Going beyond #RedforEd to show teacher appreciation and make a change… read more
When we think of postsecondary institutions, we usually have our own 4-year state institutions in mind. What many don’t understand is that our country’s community colleges serve another 12.7 million students[i] at the same time…nearly 50% of all college-going students. And community colleges typically serve these students with half the annual budget per student than their 4-year counterparts… read more