My daughter just finished “Charlotte’s Web.” She didn’t like it. Something about realising the fate of farm pigs. “They were going to turn Wilbur into bacon, mummy!” she cried… as I was cooking her weekend breakfast. Awkward. It’s not the first time I’ve heard of kids not enjoying the children’s classic by EB White, but there’s a reason it’s … Read more
An angry mom says a group of school girls were locked in a classroom for hours on the first day of classes — for wearing the wrong shoes. Charlotte Byers, 39, claims her daughter Lillyanne, 13, was forced to miss lessons because her shoes had a gold and black bow on the front. She says … Read more
A teacher on TikTok is giving parents a sprinkle of advice for kids’ birthdays. Ann Brackemyer, a kindergarten teacher in Illinois, went viral after explaining why she doesn’t like having cupcakes in her classroom. The teacher, who goes by @kbcrayons on TikTok, said in the video with 2.4 million views that she loves celebrating students’ … Read more
A young Aussie who just landed a job with a six-figure salary has opened up about just how much of an impact the change has had her on her life. In June, Melbourne local Olivia landed a new job creating content for schools and delivering financial literacy workshops to senior students. It comes with great … Read more
Back-to-school can be an exciting time, but preparing kids for a return to the classroom requires a lot of time — and money — from parents. According to a new survey, moms and dads are increasingly worried about many aspects of back-to-school season — from ensuring that school requirements are met, affecting 49% of parents, … Read more
From ABCs to double D’s. For Allinson Chavez, teaching tots the alphabet just wasn’t bringing home the bacon — so the curvy Queens native ditched her grammar school gig to sling chicken wings at Hooters instead. “I was making $1,000 twice a month as an educator,” Chavez, 32, a single mother of one, told The Post. … Read more
A mom recently asked for advice on how to help her daughter, who was feeling anxious about starting third grade. The mother shared, “My daughter is starting third grade, and she told me the other day she was nervous to start school because she’s the weird kid, she doesn’t have any friends, and she doesn’t know why no one … Read more
Kids’ after-school “hangriness” strikes at approximately 3:36 p.m., according to a recent poll. The survey of 2,000 parents of kids aged 5 – 17 investigated the highs and lows throughout the school week for both kids and parents and all the ways parents go the extra mile to do it all during the school season. … Read more
It was an A for effort. A nostalgic TikTokker dug up a sympathy card she made at age 7 for a grieving teacher who had lost her mother at the time. While the sentiment was sweet from Lindsay Schraad Keeling, now 32, her elementary linguistic skills didn’t exactly reflect that. Her card “cover” was simply … Read more
A young TikToker has shared a heartbreaking admission about going to school. Posting a simple clip of her troubled face, the text over it reads: “Please never send your kid to a rich school if you’re not rich. It will ruin them.” The caption says: “I’m grateful to get a good education but it’s so difficult to be in a … Read more
It’s DIY ABCs. No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher’s dirty looks — in fact, no more teachers at all. Nonconformist moms like Mami Onami are doing away with traditional education to, instead, “unschool” their tots with unstructured, free learning. “We don’t teach our kids anything,” Onami, a spiritual influencer and mom of … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I am a widow. I supported my husband during our entire marriage with no help from his wealthy parents. My husband died before his father did. After my father-in-law’s death, I received nothing. My sister-in-law told me she would give me $5,000, but she would invest it for me and give it to … Read more
The parents of a California middle school student are calling on their son’s principal to be fired after they say he was discriminated against over his beliefs. Saint Bonaventure Catholic School student Jimmy Heyward, who was running for “Commissioner of School Spirit & Patriotism,” was “completely humiliated” after principal Mary Flock barred him from giving his … Read more
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This article is one of the winning submissions from the New York Post Scholars Contest, presented by Command Education. The year is 1997. Fresh out of college, 22-year-old Joseph Ko, now a social studies teacher at Great Neck South High School, stands at the crossroads at Grinnell College, IA. He is deliberating the future direction of his … Read more
Reading, ‘Riting, ‘Rithmetic and The Rock. The students at P373R on Staten Island got a big surprise when Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson sent a personalized video — and even serenaded them with a song his character Maui sings in the beloved Disney animated film “Moana.” Students at the school had voted to put the musical … Read more
Gen Z has a lot to learn. After growing up during the pandemic and spending multiple years in a remote, isolated environment, employers are noticing the difference. A recent survey even found that employers are going above and beyond to not hire recent college graduates in favor of older workers. Now, schools are hoping to bridge the … Read more
The pen might be mightier than the sword, but it could soon be just as relevant. Educators and parents are observing a surge in US youths who don’t know how to read or write in cursive — which they blame on handwriting increasingly becoming obsolete in the digital age. This handwriting illiteracy has in turn … Read more
The crosswalk is her dance floor. Esther “Star” Bishop’s bread and butter is safely escorting kids across a Bedford-Stuyvesant intersection – while simultaneously shaking her hips and twirling to whatever beat she has blasting through her earbuds. “The dancing, it’s just inside of me, and I’m telling you, I can’t even get it out,” the … Read more
They’re acting salty. Lunchables should be banned from school lunchrooms, according to Consumer Reports. The prominent advocacy organization is petitioning the USDA on grounds that sodium counts in the fun-to-eat meal kits is simply too high for tykes, among other safety concerns. Ban the sodium-packed meal kits aimed at kids from school lunchrooms, Consumer Reports … Read more