Tag: teaching
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Parents for Life
by Cheryl Lacey, ©2022 (Jan. 11, 2022) — What is your philosophy of education? I’ll forgive you if you can’t answer this one. A philosophy of education is an explanation of values and beliefs about teaching. The truth is, very few educators answer this with confidence. Here’s my philosophy. There are only three things over…
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School: What is it?
by Cheryl Lacey, ©2022 (Jan. 8, 2022) — Believe it or not, despite the influence schools have on family life every day, confusion over what happens in schools and who’s responsible for what, is the cause of so much of society’s woes. To avoid the confusion, we need to have clarity. Let’s start with what…
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Becoming Educated
by Cheryl Lacey, ©2021 (Nov. 11, 2021) — Our life begins with two biological parents. Our life ends alone. In the middle we change, through teaching. We become educated. Education is a lifelong pursuit where the mistakes, achievements and wisdom of so many, intersect with our own. And the language in our conversations, and the relationships we have determine…
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Why More Teachers At Home and Abroad Are Using Online Study to Qualify and Reduce Student Debt
LOWERING THE COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION by Contributor (Jul. 16, 2019) — The student debt crisis is something we talk about a lot in the US, with something in the order of three trillion currently owed by people who have taken out loans to support their college education, and many people crippled by repaying these…