The Growing Need for Education

Civilized societies have long understood the need to educate their young, but the growing demand for workers with highly specialized technical backgrounds has changed the face of education. This is true for the newest students as well as those who are returning to the classroom, and it is a trend that has no end in sight. For older students, it is often a choice to enhance their ability to support their lifestyle. Younger students face different challenges, but they are adapting well.

Electronic devices, once part of the realm of science fiction, are now common in today’s world. Smart phones, tablets, laptop computers and other electronic devices are part of everyday life. Those who learn how to use them early in life have an easier time navigating the icons, so students are now expected to work with electronics before they learn how to read and write well enough to graduate.

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Using Calculators in the Classroom

It has long been important to teach young children how to do mathematics without the aid of a calculator or even their fingers. Modern educators,...

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Modern Classrooms Are Technologically Advanced

As little as a decade ago, most students carried paper notebooks, pens and heavy tomes of knowledge in backpacks. They learned the old-fashioned way, and...

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Returning Students

Graduation from school is often a joyful time when the former students look forward to a life without the rigors of tests, but they may...

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The Future of Reading for the Young

Learning to read has long been a basic part of education for the young, but the world is being taken over by electronic devices where...

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