Category: Education

It’s back-to-school time already! As school begins, is academic tutoring or test prep needed for your child? Waiting until a student is behind in classes or cramming for SAT can result in lower scores.

Expert online help is available and doesn’t have to be expensive.

Encourage students to communicate about their schoolwork. Whether it is tutoring, reinforcement of curriculum, or test prep for college placement exams, many students can benefit from professional help beyond what teachers and parents can provide.

Set students up for success by getting them expert help before they are frustrated and trying to recover from getting behind.

– Cyndee Woolley, The SWFL 100

Early childhood education is the most important educational issue that we face as a nation. An astounding 90 percent of brain development happens before age five.

In Louisiana, less than half of our kindergarteners come to school day one with the basic foundational skills they need to be successful. Quite simply, there is no greater work in our state than educating and caring for children birth to four.

We must do everything we can to remove barriers so that all families can access high-quality care. Our kids, our families and our state need a greater investment in early childhood education.

– Dr. Cade Brumley, Louisiana State Superintendent

As summer approaches, parents may look to help their students catch up from days at home due to COVID. Although some students thrived with virtual education, others are facing a gap in skills from the weeks or months away from in-person learning.

High school students looking to apply for colleges may find extra support can raise standardized test scores. The Princeton Review offers academic tutoring, homework help and SAT/ACT prep with self-paced study guides or one-on-one tutoring. Plus, tutoring services can take the stress off of parents, so they can focus on being the parent, not a teacher. 

– Katie Betz, The SWFL 100

Education remains the number one issue among Arizona voters for the sixth consecutive year, according to a recent poll by High Ground, Inc. on behalf of Expect More Arizona.

Education issues (28%) topped healthcare (18%) and jobs/economy (16%) as the top issue facing the state, even among those respondents without children under 18 living at home. When asked specifically to identify the top issue facing education in Arizona, a general lack of funding for schools topped the list (26%).

In addition, the poll reported a significant majority of voters (79%) believe the salaries teachers receive in Arizona is too low.

– The Arizona 100 reports

The Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona has launched its new Center for Trust Studies aimed at bringing together diverse university students and faculty to share research insights from managers and policymakers.

In addition, the Center will host a series of workshops and seminars on trust in organizations, develop a number of teaching tools about trust and allow all students to be actively engaged in academic research.

Eller’s Center for Trust Studies will also develop new course materials and workshops on trust by designing online classes, sharing business and video case studies and conducting group-based simulations.

– Oliver Schilke, Eller College of Management

Buckeye Elementary School District has formally broken ground on its 9th school, John S. McCain III Elementary. When complete, the John S. McCain III Elementary will feature more than 20 classrooms as well as a gymnasium, kitchen and food court, flex spaces and a band/music room.

These spaces are anchored by multiple learning and reading commons spaces, outdoor play areas and administrative space. The project, which will feature a cutting-edge C-STEM (Coding, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) curriculum, is scheduled to open to students in August 2021. It was designed by Orcutt Winslow and is being constructed by CHASSE Building Team.

– The Arizona 100 reports

In recent weeks CHASSE Building Team, in partnership with JB Steel and DLR Group, provided 50 Pima Community College welding and construction students as well as faculty members with tours of the soon-to-be completed Automotive, Technology, and Innovation Center on campus.

The interactive tour, done with proper social distancing and masks, was held to enhance students’ knowledge of construction and is one of many tours and construction days CHASSE hosts at Arizona schools under construction. Beyond these events, CHASSE educates future construction professionals via an annual, comprehensive in-house internship program during which students are given hands-on office and field experience.

– The Arizona 100 reports