'RITHMETIC

The fundamentals for any business can be traced back to that elementary school alliteration, "Readin', 'Ritin', and 'Rithmetic."

Apostrophes are out of control! This Apostrophe Guide, with four simple rules, will help you use apostrophes to show possession and to form contractions, but not to form plural words.

We often hear someone trying to express themselves and are constantly bombarded with bits of "English" that boggles the mind. This article merely points out some of the more glaring examples.

There are many brands and varieties of school supplies; however, having the best tools ensures success all year long.

Next to commas, apostrophes cause writers the most problems. A quick guide to proper use of the apostrophe in writing fiction and nonfiction.

Are all those stories grandparents tell about walking miles to school each day true? If so, those grandparents probably went to a "little red schoolhouse." Can teachers instruct students with reality-based facts of pioneer school life? Here's how!

Schools in the U.S. undergo reforms about every 4-8 years. However, after over 70 years of some kinds of "reform", nothing much seems to have improved. One reason for the lack of change might be a lack of leadership.

The first day of school can be difficult for both the parent and the child. There are some easy steps you can take to relieve some of the stress associated with this new chapter in your child's life.

Education is the single most effective way to reduce poverty, yet poverty it the main barrier to education. I show three different methods of breaking that cycle: one at little cost; one with but high cost; and a palliative approach with much lower cost.

Our public schools are doing us no favors.

A family tale of the importance of an elementary school in a ghetto community

what is worth dying for in education?

This was my reflection paper for my Reading Remediation subject.

This article outlines special characteristics of the Amish community that must be known in order to work with them on conservation issues.

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Social skills are an essential part of every child's emotional health and well-being.

When it dawned on me that serving in the military allowed me to learn a skill, do a job that I enjoyed, get paid for it AND live in foreign country, there wasn't too much else holding me back

In Pilot Point, TX before class begins teacher Nadine Pitzinger warns her students to watch out for jaguars and coyotes when they go outside for recess, writes Ava Thomas Benson.

Why are schools teaching social skills and sex education when they don't even seem to be able to teach reading, writing, and 'rithmetic?