Education

The case of teachers being paid more has been in conversation for many years. There have been many protests and organizations to bring the realization of these teachers' struggles. Some positives can …

Many schools around the world are switching to year round schooling, and follow a more balanced calendar. This topic has caused much debate. For most, the belief is that students would not have time t…

"The number of adults who wish they knew how to play the piano is more than ten times the number who actually do play" (Hidden Benefits). This is a startling statistic as many students growing up had …

Playing time is one of the hottest topics in sports today. Should coaches be required to give equal playing time or can they have the freedom to choose the amount of time that goes to each player? The…

Food is brain power, and it is necessary, to learn this is why you should eat in class. Some reasons why you should eat in class are because it is energy and helps you learn, eating in class helps yo…

How do you feel about middle schoolers starting to do volunteer hours? If the school district decides this is okay to do, this may cause some good results.Although students can get stressed out from m…

Research shows no link that homework improves students learning. In the early 1900s, progressive education theorists decried homework's negative impact on children's physical and mental health, leadin…

The actual purpose of physical education is not only to make kids healthier, but to make them smarter. Although, the current amount of gym being provided is less. Gym is a subject that many students l…

Gym is the most favoured subject in a school day. It can help with not only our physical well-being but also our mental one too. But the 40 minutes given to us is very low. We should increase gym time…

"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice" by Brian Herbert. There was a chance my life could have ended before I was born. My mother had …

Education is crucial for a successful society. Working to eradicate poverty and hunger. Opening opportunities to contribute to society and the key to making a difference in the world. That is why choo…

Traditional schooling is a structure that has always been followed by the U.S. schooling system and encouraged by teachers and educators. In person schooling provides one on one and a better learning …

Is homework beneficial or does it just waste time and give students more worries? Homework in high school is equivalent to 2 whole school days and that doesn't count the grading part and that's every …

Before school care can be over 1,000 dollars a year per student if school starts later than 9:00 am. With a later start time parents would also need to use before school care more in order for them to…

Parents all over the world are facing issues of sending their children to school during the COVID-19 pandemic. This results in kids learning through devices at home virtually. Remote learning has prov…

Schools overlook their students' mental health, students that struggle with mental health sometimes struggle with being able to learn and focus in school. With the lack of education about mental healt…

"You can't be an artist, you'll never make it in life", "That's not a sustainable job, maybe a side hobby", "Don't waste your time you'll go broke". You've probably heard these before whether it be to…

I've always enjoyed learning new skills, such as reading and writing since I was a child. Even though I had a rough start with learning English, as an immigrant, we all know that life gets tough from …

Introduction In this essay, I will be touching on two different approaches to teaching, the Reggio Emilia Approach, and the Waldorf Approach. We will be discussing the positive and negative implicati…

Do you think students should go to college? People feel that college is important for future success because it opens doors of opportunity, while many feel that it is not important for future success …

"Technology is the powerful weapon you can use to change the world." I was fascinated by technology and its integration into our daily lives. This innate passion of mine was unusual and not just limi…

Starting in first grade to third grade I attended a private school. It was run out of my parents' basement, there were on average 5-8 kids that would attend with a full-time teacher. Kids from first g…

Schools all across the country are moving toward mandating community service for graduation. However, there is a question emerging with this trend about whether it is beneficial for schools to require…

A teenager comes home from school, finishes their homework, gets in the car, ties on their apron, and gets to work. It may be burger flipping at McDonald's, but it's still something. However, this cou…

In this world there always seems to be extremes with one side and the other. A lot of people's train of thought always seems to align with the age old saying; "If you're not with me, then you're again…

For the last 18 months students had to sit at home with the discomfort of not seeing new friends and making new connections. I believe that in person school is superior to online school. I also believ…

Our topic of debate is whether every student should be required to learn a foreign language. Here, I define this topic as every K-12, full time student having the requirement of being familiar with a…

I grew up with a great fondness for reading and writing. I enjoy taking myself into the story. This shows truly how great the mind works and can transport you to a different place, time, or era. I hav…

John Dewey was an American philosopher and educator who started the philosophical movement of pragmatism, where action over fixed ideas are paramount and achieving results is of utmost importance. Thi…

Arne Duncan once said, "Postsecondary education is the ticket to economic success in America." For two decades, there has been controversy in society about whether post-secondary education is necessar…