Posts from July, 2016

It may seem like a perfectly reasonable thing to do: your kid has homework and needs help, so you sit down with them and provide a helping hand. Many of us can remember sitting with our own parents and puzzling through some tricky bit of schoolwork. But a ...

Many countries have a “gap year” tradition, whether it involves backpacking across a foreign country or getting a job and saving money. Mostly the idea is to gain practical experience of living and working in the world, and hopefully to meet people, and, ...

Volunteering can be a huge part of a high schooler’s life -- indeed many school boards won’t graduate you if you haven’t put in your hours. But instead of simply signing up with a local charity and putting in your time, how about setting up your own ...

In a recent Washington Post article , students expressed dismay in the scores reported for the essay section of the ACT exam. Many young people who have previously reported good grades and positive feedback on their writing say they were graded much worse ...