Every summer, the School of Education hosts a Math Teacher Academy, in which math teachers from all over the state can come and learn about techniques that will best help their students succeed. This year, it will be June 23-25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Baylor is heavily involved with the new STEM + M program. According to Horner, there will be a liaison between Midland and Baylor. Baylor also provides Midland with the curriculum for the courses the students are taking.
School vouchers, also known as school choice, have been a controversial subject in Texas education for the past four years. The program uses Texas’ state funds to help parents pay for their children’s homeschooling or private school education. Many educators on both sides of the political aisle have spoken against the program. Other politicians argue that it gives Texas children the opportunity to learn in the best quality environment.
The issue some lawmakers and teachers have with Project 2025 regarding the DOE is the funding the DOE provides to thousands of local schools and programs through its $80 billion budget. From supporting public school programs, students with disabilities, and providing student loans for college, these people may be vulnerable if a ban passes.
It can be hard to stay locked-in on homework for an extended period of time, but the second you start scrolling on your phone for a break, there’s no going back to productive work.
“I heard someone say [that] you’ll never regret working out. I’ve tried to disprove that, but I think [it’s] true,” Oliver said.
Over weekends and holiday breaks, Pack of Hope provides food to 420 food-insecure Waco ISD students from kindergarten through eighth grade. For those looking to get involved, vice president Sue Hanson said the organization welcomes volunteers from 5:30 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday and from 7 to 8:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church.
From Antarctica to elementary schools, a group of researchers have traveled far beyond the lab due to their work on leopard seals.
Besides the fact Baylor’s campus is incredibly beautiful and offers plenty of outdoor study spaces, spending time outside holds many benefits to your well-being.
Engineers are not antisocial. Most of us just go through so much pain and stress there is no point in speaking to people if there is no need to.
A mere three or four semesters of a language course is not enough time to attain proficiency or fluency in any language. At the very least, the language requirement for the College of Arts and Sciences should be lowered to two semesters, in order to be consistent with the other colleges that require a foreign language.
Since this is my third and final spring semester (yay!) I decided to pull myself up by my bootstraps and get seriously organized to prepare for the next four months.
One student’s bad experience is not the experience of all students, and I think that’s important to remember when reading those reviews.
The holiday season is approaching and so are finals, but students shouldn’t let the stress from their classes carry over into their celebration of the holidays.
Tote bags are very cute and — dare I say — aesthetic, but they are not practical as backpacks. Backpacks, by design, are made to distribute the weight on your back and shoulders. A tote bag doesn’t.
To be clear, I wouldn’t trade Dia for anything. If you asked me if I’d rather go to homecoming events or take a day off, I’d take my free Tuesday any time. But I believe homecoming inspires a lot more feelings of warm fuzziness for the university than Dia does, with zero risk of sunburn and a whole lot less sweaty grossness.
With midterms coming up or just finishing, we all need a break from school. Even if we don’t have a weeklong break in the fall semester until Thanksgiving, we all need to ensure we’re getting enough rest and relaxation.
An 18-year-old buying a gun should never happen. In our current decade, there is a pattern of mass shooters in the 15 to 25 age range.
Using audiobooks was just the same kind of reading as doing so visually. After all, audiobooks are a valuable resource for those who are blind or perhaps for people who learn better audibly than visually.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis told a gathering of Texas journalists Saturday that the state’s public education system needs to change and that her Republican opponent represents the status quo.
City Year, a service organization which stretches from Los Angeles to Miami, undertakes a daunting task.
They serve nearly 250 of the nation’s highest need primary and secondary schools. City Year’s goal is to keep kids in school and helping them succeed in and beyond the classroom.
The Waco Police Department continues to investigate Leander senior Russell Allen Attwood, 21, after an elaborate marijuana growth structure was found Wednesday in his apartment, said Sgt. Patrick Swanton, the Waco police public information officer.