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Can Household Chores Teach STEM Skills to Kids?
“Happy Children Do Chores,” an opinion piece that KF Dell’Antonia published in The New York Times on August 18th, states a firm opinion that all children should start doing household chores when they have reached the age of only 3 or 4. “Accept no excuses,” she...
Does It Make Sense to Transfer Colleges When You Declare Your Major
Stella is a college sophomore who just decided to major in psychology. “I fell in love with it as soon as I took an intro to psych course in my second semester of freshman year,” she tells us. “The problem is, now I would like to transfer to a school that has a better...
A Snapshot of Vocational Education from 1992: How Have Things Changed Today?
As recently as 1992, most public high schools had extensive vocational training programs, many of which operated in the same buildings as college-preparatory programs. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 97% of American students who graduated...
High Schools are Recruiting Teachers who Graduated College with CTE Credentials
“I graduated with a B.S. degree in robotics last year,” a young woman tells us. “And guess what? I couldn’t get a job designing robots. However, I did get a great job teaching middle school and high school students how to build them. I’m having the time of my life!”...
9 Finance Blogs Offer Advice to Help You Pay For College
Are you a parent, a student, or a college admissions counselor who needs to know more about paying for college? In addition to books and magazine articles that offer insights, there are also a number of blogs that offer advice. Here is a list of some we found that...
Interested in Engineering? Discover Great Courses and Lectures Online
Are you a high school student who is interested in becoming an engineer? Or do you know a student who is interested in majoring in engineering in college? If so, there are lots of online opportunities to learn what engineering classes are like. Visit the links below...
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