You can, too Sometimes, we just need something to restore our faith in humanity. The recent “You Made a Difference” Awards by University Motors was exactly that. During the ceremony, 18 educators were honored, received awards and $500 checks and got to hear the letters nominating ...
Cut, don’t phase out, Social Security tax Elected officials in West Virginia remain concerned about the state’s workforce participation rate and the state’s stagnant population. The West Virginia workforce participation rate is about 7% below the national average of 62.5%. In the ...
by Seth Lavin About three months ago, I bought a flip phone and turned off my smartphone for good. I am part of a trend — interest in old-fashioned flip phones is up — but I don’t feel trendy. When I flip my phone open in a hallway of the middle school where I’m the ...
by LZ Granderson The introduction of ChatGPT did not lead to more cheating in high school. This is according to the students themselves. For 15 years, Stanford University researchers have used anonymous surveys and focus groups to create an environment for honest answers from ...
by Robin Abcarian Is it OK to pay a child to do well in school? I’m currently grappling with this question. Five years ago, my then-8-year-old niece moved in with me. Overnight, I became a single “mom” to a wonderful, if emotionally fragile, third-grader. She had been ...
by Colyn Ritter As our country reflects on the decisions made to close schools during the COVID-19 pandemic and the severe damage it did to students’ academic progress, it would be easy to assume students being out of school is a problem of the past. It would be easy, but it would ...