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The social norm over the last few decades has been for parents to expose their children to as many brain stimulating activities as possible within the first few years of their lives, in order to “get them ah . . .
Anyone that can make learning math fun deserves to be recognized. Bill Daly, who has taught at AHS for 21 years, recently was honored for his classroom wizardry when he won the Presidential Award for Excell . . .
Here is an interesting article from a woman who spent about eight years teaching and tutoring children in China, many of whom came from wealthy families and were expected to continue their education in English-spe . . .
Life is just not fair. This is further evidenced by this recent article from The Independent, reporting on a new study finding that good-looking children do better in school than their less striking peers. T . . .
Well-wishers have donated almost a million yuan to a Chinese student who was hospitalised after living on 2 yuan ($0.30, £0.20) a day for five years. The 24-year old woman became seriously malnourished . . .
Here is an informative and amusing collection of facts and trivia that is often not commonly known. Impress your friends with these useful pieces of trivia. A really good read. . . .
ChalkFace has been following the ongoing discussion regarding the wisdom of unconditional offers (when a student is offered a university place regardless of what grades they achieve at secondary school) being made . . .
Lorenzo Fioramonti, Italy’s Education Minister, announced that public schools would require students in every grade to study climate change and sustainability by September 2020. The target is to have at leas . . .
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
