by Cindy | Dec 1, 2016 | Educational Achievement, Technology, The Right Read Blog
Parents watch their children flit from screen to screen and wonder if this generation of kids has any sticking ability. Can they focus on anything for more than two minutes or 140 characters? Do they know how to deal with real people and read real facial expressions...
by Cindy | Dec 1, 2016 | College Preparation, Educational Achievement, Personal Growth
President Obama’s pick for Education Secretary, John King, Jr., is headed for confirmation Mar. 9. King’s track record shows he loves standardized testing and quantifying learning. If he loves numbers and research, he should welcome what some teachers and families...
by Cindy | Dec 1, 2016 | Educational Achievement, Personal Growth, RTS Success Blog
Stress! Bad for the body! Bad for the brain! We’ve seen the articles, watched the 11 o’clock news reports on the “silent killer,” and complained to friends and family about how stressed-out we are. While we all know that adult stress can lead to serious illnesses such...
by Cindy | Oct 28, 2016 | Educational Achievement, Personal Growth, Writing
Ever since childhood, Brian Regan had been made to feel stupid because of his severe dyslexia. So he thought no one would suspect him of stealing secretsby Yudhijit BhattacharjeeWednesday 26 October 2016 00.59 EDT 1079 Shares169 CommentsShare on LinkedIn Share on...
by Cindy | Oct 19, 2016 | College Preparation, Educational Achievement, Personal Growth
And where students who borrow end up with much less debt than the national average. Although the average college student is borrowing more every year, dozens of colleges have such low tuition, or such generous financial aid, that most of their graduates leave school...
by Cindy | Oct 19, 2016 | Educational Achievement, Personal Growth, Reading Comprehension
When I assigned an 800-page biography of Andrew Carnegie for a new undergraduate course on wealth and poverty at George Mason University a few years ago, I wasn’t sure the students would actually read it. Not only did most of them make it to the end, however, but many...