Education

The public school system, in its efforts to prepare students for adult life, in many cases is contributing to the opposite. Narrow course offerings and an overdone "support program" mentality make public education quite lackluster.

Programs to prevent or lower rates of bullying are often ineffective for a variety of reasons. This article discusses ways anti-bullying programs fail children in the United States.

The role of EMS can either address social inequity or promote it. This article examines the relationship between social inequity and EMS and discusses potential solutions for known equity gaps.

Society now values education more than ever, with more and more people choosing to pursue a higher education. Have you ever wondered which countries have the most educated people? Read this article to find out.

Gay-Straight Alliances exist to give kids a safe space. Outing them to parents, even for the simple reason of joining the club as an ally, is unsafe.

Among the many methods people have talked about for protecting our children from guns, gun owners are saying “arm our teachers.” But is this a good idea?

Public education is meant to impose conformity on the young and to give the state power over them. However, the purpose of free education is to empower the individual.

Going back to a curriculum that's two decades old is not fair to our kids.

The principle of a meritocratic school system is often applied to Scotland; to what extent can this be claimed or supported?

This article explores whether there is a place for intelligent design or creationism in science classrooms.

Don't add a handgun—and its safety issues—to a teacher's already substantial list of duties and things to remember.

Our education system is outdated for many reasons. One huge issue is the subject of tenure. The practice allows incompetent teachers to continue doing a hideous job and get paid for it.

A meditation on arming teachers from a teacher's perspective.

There have been 25 school shootings since Columbine. It is time we face some hard truths.

As the debate rages, why is the psychological component ignored?

What parents need to demand from their school officials and the government.

Unless you're aiming for a very scholastic or specialized career, there's little reason to stay in school after you've learned the basics.

Why it's important for schools to teach less about technology and more about marketability, skills, and humanity.

The United States' educational system is extremely flawed and it crushes creativity on an unimaginable scale.

People across the UK are complaining that schools are closed due to the snow, but is it because we're raising a generation of "snowflakes", or is there another reason?

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier is a Supreme Court case in which students' opinions were censored by school authorities due to supposed inappropriate content.

This is the conclusion of the series, packed full of ideas and thoughts, so have patience as you read this information.

The old, musty libraries of the past are no more. Modern libraries have far more than just books.

Human beings tend to repeat actions throughout history, maybe some basis of fact can be formed to bring those tendencies to a place allowing some measure of predictability, & providing a good defense.

Securing our learning environments to protect our society’s children has become increasingly challenging in our world. How do we obtain security and refrain from creating a prison environment?

One of the most significant controversies which has emerged in education has to do with cell phones. More specifically - should cell phones be allowed in school? There are pros and cons to both sides of the argument..

This paper analyzes the effect of a dynamic and rigorous religious education program on tolerance and national cooperation in Nigeria. To be specific, it identifies the training of religious educators.

My twenty-year-old essay titled "The Grand Delusion: Groveling in Primal Mud" offers my informed opinion. I see that millennials are moving in this direction. I say, it's about time.

After reading an article about a teacher who was encouraging her students through their fear of standardized yearly testing, I decided, as a parent, to write my own opinion about it.

Education needs to be free and accessible to all.

Leaders in educational systems must evaluate how the systems themselves have contributed to and perpetuated the achievement gap, especially for children of color from low-income environments.

Exploring the notion of free education in third world countries.

Are teachers deserving of respect or are they just in a job because they can't find anything better to do?

American public schools are much less sheltered nowadays than they were in the previous century. Single-gender schooling would provide a better learning environment than co-educational schooling.

Many proponents of teaching children cursive cite psychological and neurological benefits; however, research supporting this notion is sparse.

Which normative philosophy would you choose? Libertarianism, which claims that every student should pay for their education, or egalitarianism, which advocates for absolute equality.

This article provides an overview of the British educational system from primary school to university, which by explanation aims to highlight some fundamental differences between the UK and USA.

A look at How Donald Trump's publicly established views have altered the definition of hate speech.

There are always a litany of complaints about snow days, but there's actually a lot going on those days from the teacher side.

Read on to find out why technology should be abolished from the classroom.

School can't teach us everything—we're supposed to learn from each other as well. But how can we learn from each other if we don't even want to talk about our disagreements?

In Nevada, a school board candidate proposed the unthinkable: Stop public funding for K–12 football. With U.S. academics lagging, should dollars still be diverted from classroom to gridiron?

We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation -rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing

Our country seems to be seeing a dramatic upswing in commercial activities in schools that began in the 1980s and is continuing today.

A look at the importance of representation and diversification in the educational literary cannon

Under the files of "What in the actual HELL are they thinking?" a Texas lawmaker stirred up trouble for teachers, parents and most especially kids.

While parents should feel like they have a voice in regard to their child's education, censoring or banning books and material based solely on its perceived appropriateness for children (specifically eleventh and twelfth graders) defeats the purpose of public education in the United States.

An extensive essay looking at the unemployment problem for US college graduates even in 2016. This was written to raise awareness of an extremely important issue in our time!

The residential schools era is mercifully over, but it's still important to recall its terrible legacy to prevent us repeating history.