Boys and girls learn differently for a very simple biological reason – their brains are built differently. Given, their differences, boys and girls perform better provided different stimuli. Our current education system denies this fact and therefore denies the...
We are failing boys if we don’t address the “malignancies” in the education system. If you think of this as a cancer, it is growing, and similar to health, we cannot as a nation, ignore something that requires our immediate attention and corrective action. As you may...
While there have been single-gender schools in civilized society for centuries, it has been only recently that scientific research has shown us why such schools are a better option in many cases for educating young people. What has long been considered...
As teenagers progress through life, they crave more independence – in part as a way to prove their own skills, and in part because they are in the final stages of the transition into adulthood. In the past, there was a clear line that established adulthood as...
Preparing for exams can be challenging. It can be a struggle to commit new information to memory and categorize facts during crunch time so that they are easily retrievable when the clock starts ticking. Knowing how to properly prepare for exams can make all the...
On any given day at the Academy, it is not uncommon to see Cadets with a blue and orange cord slung over their shoulder, but it often becomes lost in the myriad of other colors on display. It’s not difficult to walk past a Cadet wearing this cord and not give it a...
