Month: October 2015

  • 3 Ways You Can Raise a Child to Love STEM

    3 Ways You Can Raise a Child to Love STEM

    There’s no doubt that a focus on STEM education is vital for the future of the United States. Apart from the conventional benefits offered by STEM education, being curious, innovative and utilizing critical thinking is important too. Here’s 3 ways you can raise a child to love STEM: 1: Start them young You have to…

  • Consider a Different Kind of School for Your Child

    Consider a Different Kind of School for Your Child

    Article by Wood Creek Academy If your child is showing signs that they may be headed down a bad path, it can be easy to think that this sort of thing is nothing roe than what you should expect from all teenagers. Unfortunately, some parents learn the hard way that this isn’t actually the case.…

  • Teacher Turned General: The Story of Joshua Chamberlain

    Teacher Turned General: The Story of Joshua Chamberlain

    By Samuel Phineas Upham Groomed to become an educator or a clergyman, Joshua Chamberlain nervously bounced between many professions throughout his adolescence and early adulthood. He was the oldest of five children, and thought to have been his mother’s favorite while his father ruled with an iron fist. The boy was encouraged to join the…