504 vs IEP – If you’re a parent of a student with a disability, you might be concerned with making sure your student gets the same quality of education as all the other kids at their school. Perhaps this is even more true if you are that student yourself,...
Read MoreUSC Football Fun Facts for Your Next Tailgate – The University of Southern California Trojans are preparing for another thrilling season, marked by unprecedented changes in the program’s history. Having been a member of the Pac-12 Conference since 1922, the Trojans will now be joining the Big Ten Conference....
Read MoreThis article provides a scene-by-scene plot summary of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. I’m embarrassed to admit that before this year, I had never read Macbeth. I knew the famous quotes – “Out, damned spot” and “it is a tale…full of sound and fury, signifying nothing,” but I didn’t really know what...
Read MoreTeacher Appreciation Gifts – When thinking of the best gifts for teachers, perhaps the first cliche image that comes to mind is a shiny red apple sitting on a desk. In movies and television shows, characters are often shown leaving them on the corner of their teachers’ desks or...
Read MoreMany prospective students wonder, do colleges accept the GED? What kind of college can I go to college with a GED? And if you’re here, you might be one of them. Good news! There are numerous GED colleges that welcome and support students with all kinds of educational backgrounds....
Read MoreAs many teachers know, a successful school year involves clear communication between teachers and their students’ parents and guardians. To open communication from the very start, there is the teacher introduction letters to parents, letting them know a bit about what to expect. In general, these letters introduce the...
Read MoreWhether you’ve just started the book or need to review, this article will provide a list of the major and minor characters in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. As I’ve written elsewhere (see links below), Huck Finn is markedly different from the earlier, more childish Tom Sawyer....
Read MoreIf you’re reading this, you’ve likely been reading and writing for quite some time. When writing becomes a habit, we don’t necessarily stop to consider of the small and large processes that feed into the skill. Teaching preschoolers to write can help us appreciate the complexity of the activity....
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