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
The love a parent has for their child is like no other. Despite the midnight poonamis, grocery store tantrums and the amount of food they manage to throw on the floor during each meal, they really are the bee’s knees. But when one mom discovered kids didn’t think the same about her daughter, her heart broke a little. ‘Nobody wants to … Read more
They’re arrest-rooms. UK parents were outraged after a potty pooper secondary school installed cages around the bathrooms so that students couldn’t heed nature’s call during class. “To put metal doors on them is just going too far,” incensed grandparent Ian Ward, 54, told Coventry Live of the “disgusting,” facility imprisonment, which was implemented at Foxford … Read more
A school teacher got a sweet surprise from one of his students. A high school teacher in Leander, Texas, identified as Mr. Stephens, left a mark on student Hannah Long — to the point that she wanted to remember his inspirational words forever. In a video, Long can be seen showing Stephens her new tattoo, which happens to … Read more
Perfection isn’t a priority for mother-of-two Chevonne Dixon. Sure, the Long Islander expects her kids, a 17-year-old son and a 13-year-old daughter, to do their best in school. But when the daily grind becomes a bit too overwhelming for her honors students, the millennial mom grants them a mental health day away from the classroom … Read more
What goes around comes around, and this kid found out quickly. A young prankster was suspended from his $20,000-a-year school amid a weeks-long investigation after drenched a group of women with milk during their boat ride on Jan. 27. The 16-year-old unnamed Australian boy was handed a “combination of suspension and other punitive action, reparation, … Read more
A deceivingly simple math question given to US students has left parents scratching their heads. Texas mom Tiesha Sanders shared a photo of a page of her child’s year one math homework with the instruction “Fill in the missing numbers” on Facebook, reports Kidspot. As you can see, her daughter filled out the “ones” column in the middle … Read more
Talk about an A for effort. A middle school teacher is being praised online for using a widely popular historical-fiction video game to teach ancient Greek history in an engaging and immersive way. Educator and TikTok sensation Mr. Mahathey, who has shared many tween-friendly videos on his feed, posted a clip of himself playing “Assassin’s … Read more
Have lice been bugging your family lately? You’re not alone. Professional delousers in NYC and the surrounding areas say they have seen an unfortunate uptick in outbreaks of these icky, hair-residing insects. “There was a resurgence of lice last year. But this year it’s been worse than ever,” Adrian Picheny, of the New York-based Lice … Read more
She’s running a monopoly. Shelby Lattimore, a third-grade teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina, is teaching her students financial literacy by charging them rent for their desks and late fees for tardiness. “I don’t care how you pay it … what bills you give me … what it is or if it’s got sticky boogers on … Read more
Many parents are pushing their kids far too hard today — and are advised to ease up and examine their actions. In an interview about how to raise resilient children, New York City-based Erica Komisar, a clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, and parenting expert, recommended that parents “take their foot off the gas” and take a long, … Read more