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Word Problems in Math Class: An Important Oxymoron

Apr 11, 2022 | Diane Stum, Engaging Education

Why are word problems important in elementary school math? What skills does solving word problems help students develop? How do word problems benefit my math student? These are questions many of us ask as we help math students solve word problems. After all, this...

Can Two Negatives Really Create Something Positive?

Mar 29, 2022 | Engaging Education, Susan Spraker

Is watching your child struggle in math really such a bad thing? A positive times a positive is positive, a positive times a negative is negative, a negative times a negative is positive. What?? Ughh? Sigh? Head drops to table. To connect this to a personal real-life...

How Can Studying Psychology Help Me TODAY?

Nov 11, 2021 | Engaging Education, Jenn Buonincontri

Why study psychology? I get asked this question a lot. After 20 years of creatively trying to inspire the asker of the question to see how amazing and far-reaching experience in the field of psychology can be, I have some pretty nifty answers. Do you ever have contact...

Need A COVID-Friendly Fun Family Activity?

May 6, 2021 | Catherine Gillies, Engaging Education

Are you and your children tired of being stuck inside because of COVID? Is everyone tired of the same old thing? Well, here’s something fun you can do to get everyone excited about getting outdoors again. Go geocaching! What’s Geocaching, you ask? Geocaching is a fun...

Women Who Wrote the World: The Importance of the Female Voice in the Study of Literature

Feb 11, 2021 | Engaging Education, Jess Woods

If you’ve ever taken a traditional English/literature class, you may have noticed that many of the authors you read (particularly if the class moved in any sort of sequential order) were white males. While there are many wonderful and worthy works of literature...

What is the “No Religious Test” Clause of the Constitution and Why is it Important?

Feb 7, 2021 | Ann LeBlanc, Engaging Education

Religious liberty is something we take for granted as Americans. Not so long ago I sat in St. Mary’s Cathedral in Aberdeen, Scotland and contemplated the importance of religious liberty to me. I imagined sitting in the cathedral at a time when Catholics were...