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School
primitive school coursework does not usually construct smarter or better people. Everyone needs the basic three R skills, but to a young person detail beyond that is ravishing great a kill of student’s and teacher’s time as well as tax dollars. School serves as a convenient babysitter and helps to socialize children, but history, economics, [...]
College Loans aid Students do Their Goals Of Graduation
Unfortunately, the truth of the matter is that college is expensive. Many students feel like they can never complete their dreams of earning a college degree because they can’t afford to pay tuition. Student loans are there to aid beget college a reality, despite the cost! What exactly is a student loan? It’s a type [...]
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Built This Year’s Curriculum Around “Dreamgirls”
Early this past April, the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC held student auditions for roles in “Dreamgirls,” the musical by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen that won six Tony Awards and thirteen nominations thirty years ago. Inspired by the true-life successes of Motown R&B superstars, it starred Jennifer Holliday and ran [...]
When Your Child Has Problems at School: 6 Tips for Parents
In September of our son’s third grade year, we got the phone call from his teacher. She said she was really concerned about our child’s chances of passing that year. I was petrified, inflamed and anxious-and terribly embarrassed, both as a mother and a social worker who “should have known” what was going on. I [...]