Ingredients to a Great Final Paper

Ingredients to a Great Final Paper

When it comes to writing a final paper, regardless of the subject matter, there are four major ingredients needed for it to be a success: Focus, Content, Organization, and Principles. Blending the four ingredients together will produce a final paper that is a...
Top 5 Rules for Assigning Homework

Top 5 Rules for Assigning Homework

When you think of school, what comes to mind?  Teachers? Friends? Classrooms? Sports? Oh, yes… and Homework. Homework is synonymous with school and teaching. But it doesn’t mean that you must assign homework to guarantee learning or to show you are doing your job....

Women’s History Month Books for Early Readers

Women’s History Month is here, and parents everywhere are looking for ways to teach their children about the accomplishments of women throughout history. These books present women’s stories to a young audience, enhancing the next generation’s understanding. Both boys...
Talk About Cyber Safety Without the Scare Tactics

Talk About Cyber Safety Without the Scare Tactics

Today’s parents have no idea the world that their children inhabit with 24/7 access to the internet and countless chat services. Information flies at lightning speed. Communication never stops. Photos and videos are a social currency that leaves victims in their wake...
Write Better Characters

Write Better Characters

Whether you’re detailing a real, lived experience or concocting a fictional story in a fantasy land of your own construction, you want the people and characters in your stories to grow, develop, and demonstrate some evolution from beginning to end. You want your...
Keep Students in Pittsburgh

Keep Students in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a beautiful little city, full of history, culture, art, and modern technology. Despite some rocky spells with economic downturns, the Black and Yellow City has bad a strong comeback by drawing in tech start-ups and artists alike. The universities in the...