Archive for November, 2008

Find Your Happy Place

I’m curious as to whether it’s the kids or the parents who need to be convinced to have elementary school students enroll at the “no-stress,” alternative Christa McAuliffe School in Cupertino, CA. The nearby Faria Elementary, a more traditional, all-standardized-tests-included school, has people lined up to enroll. But the no-pressure “research magnet school” where the [ READ MORE ]

Adventures In Education: Paying For College

The triune of mettle-proving tests for young adults are: (1) getting into college; (2) getting through and graduating from college; and (3) paying for college. All are difficult. The only part from which any enjoyment can be wrung is the going to college part. The other two just suck. If your parents aren’t able to [ READ MORE ]

Top Ten Recession-Proof Jobs

An article in the Chicago Sun-Times discusses which jobs you might want to consider having if you’d like to keep them should your country hit a recession. Top Ten Jobs With Security: 1. Computer systems analyst. 2. Network systems and data communications analyst. 3. Network and computer systems administrator. 4. Registered nurse. 5. Teacher, postsecondary. [ READ MORE ]

Education Advice for the Next President

The Peabody Award-winning production company Learning Matters has an awesome podcast project going on as we speak (or, as I write—you know what I mean). The series is called “Education Advice to the Next American President.” Students, parents, educators and policy makers were asked what they thought the next president should do to fix the [ READ MORE ]

Alma Materish Career Advice

Some (unfortunately not all) colleges and universities offer career advice and practical, in-depth assistance to their alumni, regardless of how long it’s been since they walked across the stage. More recent and less-than-recent college graduates can receive free career help for life from their alma maters. Not all schools offer this incredibly helpful perk; medicine, [ READ MORE ]

Democracy Is Good

If you haven’t already, please embrace the fact that we live in a democratic country and go vote. Democracy and America are important enough to me that I even extend this suggestion/invitation/order to those of you who may not be voting for my guy. Vote because you can, vote because you should. If you don’t [ READ MORE ]