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Serenity-Focused Summer Assignment from an Italian Schoolteacher

Best of the Web June 17, 2015 at 4:08 pm

If your child is in high school, he or she may have summer assignments in one or more classes. These can be a major source of stress, casting a gloomy cloud over students’ cherished annual time of relaxation. This year, Italian high school teacher Cesare Catà gave out a summerRead More

Lessons of #IWishMyTeacherKnew

Lessons of #IWishMyTeacherKnew

Best of the Web April 21, 2015 at 4:53 pm

 A lesson from a third grade classroom has been making the rounds on social media this week. You’ve probably seen it – little notes in children’s handwriting, simple and powerful statements about students’ lives. Denver, CO teacher Kyle Schwartz, perceiving her students’ life experience to be significantly different from herRead More

Op-Ed: Why Parents and Students Shouldn’t Stress Over College Admissions

Op-Ed: Why Parents and Students Shouldn’t Stress Over College Admissions

Best of the Web, College, Opinion March 16, 2015 at 5:48 pm

Here at Thesis, we’ve written a lot about college admissions – from our advice on the early stages of planning to this weekend’s piece about visiting prospective colleges. It’s something parents and students think about a lot – as well they should, because sending a child to college is aRead More

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Public School Teacher on Why He’s Sending His Daughter to Private School

Best of the Web, Private Schools March 9, 2015 at 8:30 am

Thesis, along with its sister site The Houston School Survey, features both public and private schools. We know that both have their advantages and disadvantages, and when it comes to school choice, every family has different needs. Last week, The Atlantic published a truly unique op-ed on the pros andRead More

Teach for America Losing Ground in Recruiting

Teach for America Losing Ground in Recruiting

Best of the Web, National K-12 March 5, 2015 at 4:10 pm

Teach for America, or TFA, is a program which recruits high-achieving college graduates to teach for two years in low-performing or underserved public schools. Some Houstonians may know it as an organization whose alumni went on to found Houston’s YES Prep and KIPP charter schools. Many others may know TFARead More

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Some Children’s Books are Timeless

Best of the Web, Goods for Young Children February 24, 2015 at 8:30 am

Almost anyone you can ask will have fond childhood memories of reading. Sometimes stories reach out and grab us, and even years later, we remember the impact they had. For many millenials, the Harry Potter books carry this kind of memory; for older generations, the works of Madeleine L’Engle mightRead More

Flashcards Not Working? Get Creative with Studying.

Flashcards Not Working? Get Creative with Studying.

Best of the Web, Study Skills February 20, 2015 at 8:30 am

The Huffington Post recently ran an article about a college student who decided to break out of her old study routines by turning her notes into art – specifically, Van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” recreated in impressive detail on a whiteboard. By writing out her notes in the form of an ImpressionistRead More

Homework, Class Size, and What We Thought We Knew

Homework, Class Size, and What We Thought We Knew

Education News, Schools January 26, 2015 at 3:59 pm

There are many things that we take for granted when thinking about K-12 education. Children have plenty of homework, and that’s good – it’s a critical learning tool. Right? And class size is a great talking point for selective schools, but  students can learn just as well in a largerRead More