Category: Education
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Why is Arts Integration Important?
Incorporating art into everyday life is, well, life itself for some of us. The truth is, I can’t imagine starting a day without music. It acts as my life’s soundtrack, accompanying me from morning until night—except for those moments when silence is needed to recharge and find inner peace. But for the most part, I’ve…
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Why is the Oregon Trail Important?
As a child of the 1980s who went to a progressive, wealthy school district (I was not wealthy), we had the opportunity to utilize and play with some of the first computers tailored for educational use. They were the original Macintosh personal computers, and our elementary school had thirty-five of them. Each week, a classroom…
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Are Private Schools Prevalent in Michigan?
For some parents like me, the moment our children start developing their own personality and talking, we begin to think about what type of schooling will best suit their needs and learning style. Let’s take that a step further and talk about how parents like me also start to determine that our children are geniuses…