You’re not the only parent who dreads back-to-school season. Thankfully, these...
Navigating new situations can cause anxiety in adults, so imagine how change impacts children with a lot less life experience. Even a child who is excited about school likely still has questions about things like making new friends or how to perform well academically.And although the back-to-school season may be hectic and it's a hard…
As a working mom, I can’t be there to drop off...
When my older daughter started first-grade several years ago, my social media feed exploded with cute first-day-of-school photos of smiling kids posing outside their homes and schools. I texted my spouse from work, "Did you get any first-day pics?" knowing that I'd be crushed if she didn't document the day. But when the photos came…
I’m a high school teacher and still encourage my students to...
I'm a high school English teacher, and I recently had a parent say to me, "ChatGPT can produce a decent essay on just about any topic in 3.4 seconds. You're not still teaching kids essay writing the old way, are you?"Good question. Like most good questions posed to humans, my response requires more than 3.4…
A top ‘engineer’ faked his degrees and only had a high-school...
The chief engineer of South Africa's state-run passenger rail agency falsely claimed to have a master's degree and a doctorate in engineering, earning him a handsome salary of around $160,000 a year.But, in reality, he hadn't been to university at all.Daniel Mthimkhulu, 49, got away with the deception for years, but is now expected to…
We have 5 kids and live on my husband’s public school...
My husband and I have five children, ages 5 to 16, and we have no plans to pay for our kids' college educations, primarily because we simply can't afford it. I have mixed feelings about our inability to fund our children's college educations because, on one hand, I would love to be able to take…
My son and I deciding whether he’ll go straight to college...
Planning for college begins early for a lot of families. My brand-new 10th grader and I are just starting to speak seriously about his post-high school plans, and I recently learned that for many families, college planning starts even earlier. Though it feels early to me, some start talking about what comes next the summer…
I run a global tutoring business for rich families. To survive...
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Adam Caller, CEO and founder of Tutors International. It has been edited for length and clarity.I spent seven years as a high school teacher in the UK, working with the same students from ages 11 to 18.The thought of continuing for another year bored me, so…
As an English teacher and writer, I’ve struggled with my son’s...
I've been a secondary English teacher since my son was 5. Many of my students come to me loathing reading and writing, but I take the one school year I have with them to try to show them that maybe they just haven't found the right book. I really do believe that there are stories…
It’s a terrible time to be an international student. Australia is...
Australia is capping new international students next year, in an effort to curb record migration.The country plans to limit international student enrollments to 270,000 in 2025, Australian education minister announced on Tuesday. In 2023, there were just over 400,000 new international students."There's about 10% more international students in our universities today than before the pandemic,…
I grew up in Connecticut and moved to Europe for college....
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Liza Jean Miezejeski, a content creator and founder of Skola, a startup to help students navigate moving to Europe to attend university. It has been edited for length and clarity.In high school, when it was time to start planning for the future, all I felt was…
