Education Week Posts
Getting Gen-Y’s Attention: 101
Categories: Education Week
Even if I had the money to buy every textbook I ever needed in college, most of them would have collected dust on my shelves all semester. One could chalk it up to having a typical Millenial attention span –one that understands thoughts in 140 characters or less – but just like my textbooks, I [...]
Coming to America
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“It’s not going to be as easy as you think,” said my father. I nodded in agreement. We were sitting in our living room, on the other side of the world, in New Delhi, India. My visa application papers rested on the table, pompous in the knowledge that they were the centre of the conversation. [...]
A Call for a New Education System
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By Adam Di Stefano The education system is broken. The way I see it, there are three potential purposes for education: To help kids find the right path for themselves. To help kids prepare for their careers. To teach kids about the world generally so that they’re prepared for whatever comes next. In my case, [...]
All-Girl or All-Boy is a Good Thing
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During my four years of high school, I didn’t have to deal with PDAs in the hallway or drama in homeroom over the school’s cutest couple breaking up, or worry about a slipping social status because I wasn’t dating a popular guy. That’s because I attended an all-girls’ high school. And, I’ve got to say, [...]
Playing Catch Up
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Allow me to set the stage. There’s a beautiful backdrop. The trees, painted on the flats because it’s a junior high play, are vibrant with various shades and hues of green. The shade they give off looks inviting, like you want to take your dog Skip and have a picnic in it. The birds, oh [...]
The Interview: Tom O’Keefe, A Millennial Teacher
Categories: Education Week, The Interview
By Andreana “Addy” Drencheva Tom O’Keefe graduated from Villanova University with a major in Communication and a minor in Business. As a member of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Tom teaches a weekly writing class for high school sophomores, helps with junior college counseling and tutors algebra. He shares his thoughts on the role of technology [...]
The iPad: A Revolutionary Classroom Tool?
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The amount of applications Seton Hill University will receive for their Class of 2014 has likely skyrocketed, all because of iPads. OK, so that’s probably not true – please, seniors, don’t base your college decisions on some (very sweet) free swag – but Seton Hill certainly upped the ante when they announced they’d be giving [...]
Full time student, Part time worker
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It is still dark out and just about every other senior on campus is peacefully sleeping after another successful night celebrating the second semester.
Lessons in Adulthood
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Adulthood was brutally thrust upon me. I lived at home while I went to college, so I never had the 4 or so years of weaning off of my parents that most grads have. Instead, almost a year after finishing school, with less than $200 in my checking account – I moved 7 states and [...]
We Know The Answers, But Do We Have The Questions?
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By Carlee Mallard A Pew Research Center study shows that Millenials are on their way to becoming the most educated generation in history, meaning that more of us are graduating with undergraduate and graduate level degrees than any other generation. This means that more of us have formal education and training. What this doesn’t mean [...]
