Advice for Using iPads in School
In recent years, the iPad has become an integral tool in the classroom. From interactive books to helping students with autism communicate better, iPads...
Helpful Ways to Get Boys to Read
Nationwide, more boys than girls seem to be struggling with reading. Here are five tips from teachers, librarians, authors and literacy strategists to encourage...
Sites for Learning About Countries
The sites below have a cool collection of tools to help you learn about different countries. A lot of students have to research countries,...
The Origins of Christmas
December 17, 2013
by Denis Cummings
Since the mid-fourth century, Western Christians have celebrated Christmas on Dec. 25 to honor the birth date of Jesus Christ....
Why Do We Have Daylight Saving Time?
Why do we fall back one hour in the autumn, and spring ahead one hour in the spring?
Most U.S. residents dutifully set their clocks...
Lending an Artistic Touch to Math
Some educators are using the arts and humanities to enhance their teaching of math.
Math for Web 2.0
Unlike the arts, Math has struggled to find...
Plymouth: Where Thanksgiving Was Born
Plymouth, for a small group of Americans, is the source of their ancestry in North America. But for most of us, it is Chapter...
Six Women Who Were “Hidden Figures”
History is full of women who never got fair credit for their brilliant ideas, heroic deeds or extraordinary work, often due to prejudice, discrimination...
Civil Rights Cities: Little Rock, Arkansas
Witness to one of the defining moments in the U.S. civil rights movement, Little Rock, Ark., made history in 1957 when nine African American...
The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Centuries ago, in a seemingly lost age where rulers built monuments of stone, seven structures stood out for their grandiosity, and for the awe...















