Last-Minute Strategies for Finding College Jobs
September is a month when college students typically need an extra infusion of money. Fortunately, it is also a month when new opportunities for student employment arise.
Here are some proven strategies that can help college students start the new school year with new jobs. Read more
Can Household Chores Teach STEM Skills to Kids?
“Happy Children Do Chores,” an opinion piece that KF Dell’Antonia published in The New York Times on August 18th, states a firm opinion that all children should start doing household chores when they have reached the age of only 3 or 4. “Accept no excuses,” she writes. Read more
Does It Make Sense to Transfer Colleges When You Declare Your Major
Stella is a college sophomore who just decided to major in psychology. “I fell in love with it as soon as I took an intro to psych course in my second semester of freshman year,” she tells us. “The problem is, now I would like to transfer to a school that has a better psych program.” Read more
A Snapshot of Vocational Education from 1992: How Have Things Changed Today?
As recently as 1992, most public high schools had extensive vocational training programs, many of which operated in the same buildings as college-preparatory programs. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 97% of American students who graduated high school in 1992 had completed at least one vocational education course. And the average high school graduate in the U.S. had completed as many as four full-year vocational training courses. Read more
High Schools are Recruiting Teachers who Graduated College with CTE Credentials
“I graduated with a B.S. degree in robotics last year,” a young woman tells us. “And guess what? I couldn’t get a job designing robots. However, I did get a great job teaching middle school and high school students how to build them. I’m having the time of my life!” Read more