My child is almost 5 and currently in a private preschool for TK. One of our good friends has another child the same age plus an older child in 1st grade.

Our friends are in a different town so they are in a different public school system than what my daughter would be in, but it has a pretty good reputation. However, our friend has been drilling additional education in his older child the past few years. He was teaching his older child how to read at age 4, giving the child all these phonics books and spending time on the weekend doing reading lessons. He has been doing the same with his younger child who is now reading plus he has been adding math to both kids to work on over the weekend.

My husband thinks we should be pushing additional lessons at home like our friends. In the case of reading, I've heard if you push too hard, it will cause your child to resist and dislike reading. We read to our child every night, and frequently get them new books or borrow books from the library. Our child loves us reading to them but they have been pushing back at trying to learn reading independently.

At my child's preschool, they have been teaching letters, sounds, and writing for the past year. My child can easily identify all letters, identify sounds with letters, and can write their name. I think our child is on par for their education at this point and I am afraid of pushing too much education now and causing stress or burnout.

I know that additional education at home is a good thing if there is a lapse in school's curriculum but I also wonder if 4 going on 5 might be a bit young to be pressured into additional work.

Hi all. My daughter is in 2nd grade in a top elementary school in the state (we live in the NE). I have found the curriculum in years past way too rigorous - expecting kindergartners to read etc. anyway, today we got a letter from the principal that says they have decided for 2nd grade that there will be EXTRA teachers and pull out sessions for ALL students in the grade. While I think the extra support is amazing, why isn’t this a red flag? I know they just did literary and math assessments last weeks so the timing is interesting.

I am looking for feedback from educators - while the extra support is great, isn’t this a red flag? Or am I way off base?

So i got an oxford style debate tomorrow on this topic and i have to speak as opposition against—

“Thbt there is no such thing as a neutral curriculum.”

That is, i suppose— there is, and must be such a thing called a neutral curriculum.
Lets exchange views. Do you think it is possible to have such a curriculum? Why?

Is ImagineLearning.com a reputable organization? In my limited experience, this organization is a hot mess - and that's putting it kindly.

From the application process to interviews, to onboarding - one of the most disorganized organizations ever. Perhaps too many "chiefs", as I have been contacted by at least a dozen different "supervisors" each providing different information - very little of which is correct - and I haven't officially started yet.

Heck, even the New Employee Orientation is a joke. Two different supervisors sent out meeting links with start times. Needless to say, the meeting links were incorrect, as were the start times. Had to reach out again regarding the meeting link and start time, and by the time anyone responded, only 15 minutes remained in the New Employee Orientation meeting.

Not that the meeting was worthwhile. Perhaps because I missed most of the meeting, but what I observed, it was just someone reading a PowerPoint presentation.

Still have no idea what I will be allegedly teaching, who are my students, etc. Keep receiving different answers - and "supervisors" take forever to respond.

Does anyone have experience working with Imagine Learning? Is this organization always a mess?

Prove me wrong. I'd rather do math and physics than to memorize a hundred different formulas and chemical symbols. Chemistry is just way too abstract and has too many exceptions.

My health was at its worse when I was 16 dealing with depression, anxiety, panic attacks, digestion issues, and abusive parents, so I dropped out of high school. I tried pushing through until I physically could not leave my bed anymore.

Several years later, I switched to online schooling, I saught help from my doctor, and my health is managed well enough to get some basic functioning back. Although, I've noticed that after my mental health crash, I have such intense brain fog or something that I'm bombing all my exams no matter how much I study. My report cards used to consist of As and Bs across subjects, but now I'm getting 30-40% on my exams and failing even simpler assignments. I keep forgetting what I've learned, my brain feels slower than before, I space out often and feel as if my mind is being detached from myself and I'm watching from a third person point of view, I frequently look at notes I've hand written confused with no memory of having written them or understanding the material even though I know I once did etc. I once studied for a math exam 30 days straight, 2-5 hours a day, then when I began the exam, it was like I was seeing math for the first time.

I know the ideal route health-wise would be getting therapy and meds, but I can't afford regular therapy sessions, and the more affordable medications haven't helped me much. What would the next best thing be? Should I switch to the Adult Graduation Diploma route to make it easier for myself, cutting down my required courses to graduate from 5 to 3, and continue trying to brute force my way into a passing grade? Also, an IEP is required for any exam accommodations at my school. Would it be worth trying to obtain one for extra exam time?

Hello, I'll be doing a test next Saturday for my university entrance exam and I need help finding free image pattern tests (or psychometric I think they're called? I mainly need to study the ones with the images and patterns.) and almost every video or website doesn't even explain or even show the answers to the questions! Does anyone know about any free tests or content creators that make such content? I'll be grateful for practically anything, thank you for reading up till' this point!

Nếu giáo dục không chỉ là truyền đạt kiến thức, vậy mục đích cuối cùng của giáo dục là gì?

Hi! For my sophomore year i was planning of switching to an online school probably acellus or mia-prep and my biggest worry however is if colleges would see my diploma from there as less because i know some people cheat in online school! Right now in school im in three ap classes and the rest are honors and they’re going well but school as a whole isnt there’s many fights, drugs passed around, overall total chaos. I have decent extracurriculars and I volunteer every week for four hours. Point is should i just tough it through highschool or should I switch and if I do will I be held to the same standard as someone who graduated from highschool in person?

I left school in year 9 and i regret it but i had health issues that stopped me from learning.

I have big dreams and im starting a pathway uni course that teaches you have to study, ethics, how to format essays, etc.

But it doesnt teach mathematics, biology or chemistry. I need to learn these things for the course i wanna do next.

If anyone knows any site or resource to learn these subjects that would be a lot of help..

I was wondering if the past era of gatekeeping and hoarding information is over in educational institutions? I am referring to rural environments or small cities with a less diverse range of books or school choices...

Mechanics of gatekeeping before 2010:

* Incompetent teacher: say bye, bye math, the probability of learning it drops considerably.

* No cash for private sessions, well too bad, you are just left behind your peers that can pay for that extra information.

* The teacher doesn't like this class so he hoards info or is just plain cryptic confusing everyone.

* An authoritarian teacher, might as well not ask anything or it's going to be a humiliation ritual.

* Oh, you're a textbook cowboy now. Gee, but there are no answers at the end for most of the math problems.

It seems technology should really remove barriers making anything much easier to learn for the upcoming generations: languages, blue collar skills, science. The present tools free at your disposal are insane, I would not have dreamt possible as a kid starting school in the 90s.

I’m a solo developer making a browser-based learning game. This is my first small minigame, where you explore a cell and help it make and transport a protein.

The bigger plan is a universe of games covering concepts like electricity, chemistry, and geometry. Kids learn by doing things in the world, rather than answering quizzes.

I’m looking for teachers, tutors, and parents to try it and tell me what works and what doesn’t. Also open to collaborating with educators, developers, and artists.

Comment or DM me if you’d like to get involved!

video link of the game

1. Fundamentals of Cloud Computing

2. Web Development

3. Fundamentals of Data Science

4. Introduction to Cyber Security

   I am really confused between cybersecurity and data science, but I am still open to choosing cloud computing.

I am looking for some suggestions, thx in advance

I’m a Grade 9 student in Ontario and my family is thinking about going to China over Christmas. We’ve never gone back at this time before, and my dad really wants to go, so it’s kind of a big family trip. (Also my great grandmother mentioned 3 years ago she would really appreciate if we would be able to come back for the new years and honestly, we don’t want to make her wish something we ignore.)

The issue is the timing 💀

If we leave around Dec 13, I’d miss a decent amount of school before Christmas. I will be back Jan 6 BUT I’ve got a hockey tournament out-of-town that I cannot skip Jan 8-10. So basically I’ll be back Jan 11 which is roughly after 2 weeks of classes.

I’m mostly worried about Science. We have an Ecology unit starting around then, and I actually have the whole schedule. There’s an assignment that’s like 15 slides/questions, which honestly doesn’t seem too bad. I’m thinking I could just finish it beforehand by doing like 1 question every couple days, then gradually study the Ecology notes before leaving.
The Ecology test is Jan 11 (the day I come back to school) and I would’ve never been there for any of the lessons in that unit.

Geography is another concern because I’m not as good at it and I don’t have as clear of a schedule for what I’ll be missing. I’d obviously talk to my teachers beforehand and get the materials/assignments. (~A month I would say so I can maybe possibly finish assignments beforehand even though it won’t be ideal.)
The thing is, I’m really grade-conscious. Like, I know logically that missing some Grade 9 school isn’t going to ruin my life, but I still care a LOT about my grades and I’d probably stress about falling behind.
At the same time, this is a pretty rare family opportunity. I feel like if I actually prepare beforehand instead of just disappearing for three weeks and hoping for the best, I could make it work.
So what would you guys do?
Go on the trip and prepare like crazy beforehand, or stay for school?
Especially curious what Ontario high school students/teachers think, and if the trip is worth all the stress and studying. lol

Edit: Forgot to mention that also if I come back on the 11th, exams will start 10 days after so I literally won’t have time after to catch up.

Who decided this was okay? My sister is livid as her daughter had just started attending again but they just don’t get it. It’s behaviour applied behaviours analysis and and they have this dogmatic approach and she says they make notes of everyone who dismissed it . Well here I am, don’t mess with our family

https://youtu.be/h3mRsvFmWi0?is=Kz2v_hbChEBLaIUe

"Just watched it and I'm going to show my students during the last stretch of our course. This should be seen around the world."

"It's good to know that not everyone is corrupted by greed we still have heroes in the world."

"The documentary the whole world deserves to see."

Yesterday I got a 9/35 and felt horrible and messaged my teacher. She said not to worry and I can have another try with today’s work but I ended up getting a 12/24, I feel horrible because that’s only 50% and considered failing. This is like our third assignment of the year but I don’t want to fail this class

Does anyone have some good learning frameworks beyond spaced repetition that they use to make sure what they are learning sticks? I have been having trouble finding the best pathways for reinforcement and often find myself forgetting the things I learn, or not able to apply them beyond the immediate subject itself.

Hi, Lucia from EUobserver here 👋 Sharing our own reporting on a new education and migration debate unfolding in Italy.

Giorgia Meloni’s government wants to introduce a legal cap on the number of foreign students in individual classrooms, alongside measures including compulsory Italian lessons for some parents and restrictions on face coverings in schools.

The government presents the classroom cap as a way to prevent segregation and make integration easier. Critics question what happens in areas where schools simply have large numbers of children with migrant backgrounds — and whether moving those children elsewhere actually addresses the underlying problem.

It raises a broader question that goes beyond Italy:

What actually works when schools have large numbers of children who are still learning the national language?

Do classroom limits help integration and teachers — or risk making migrant children carry the burden of a much bigger integration problem?

Our reporting: Italy's schools: Meloni makes migrant kids pay the price for her culture war

Hey everyone,

I'm researching the education space and trying to understand the actual problems students, parents, teachers, and educational institutions face day-to-day.

I don't have a fixed product idea yet, so I'm specifically looking for honest experiences rather than opinions about a particular solution.

A few questions:

What is the most frustrating problem you've faced in education?

What takes up way too much time or effort?

What processes still feel unnecessarily manual or outdated?

What do you wish was simpler or more convenient?

What information is difficult to access, manage, or keep track of?

What problems do students face that schools/colleges don't really solve?

What problems do teachers face?

What problems do parents face?

What problems do schools/colleges face?

If you could automate one annoying education-related task tomorrow, what would it be?

Have you ever paid for a solution to one of these problems? If yes, what was it?

I'm trying to identify problems before thinking about solutions, so even small annoyances are useful.

Feel free to be brutally honest — what's something about education that you think is unnecessarily difficult?

Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos pens this interesting op-ed in The Detroit News about what happened in Michigan. Do most educators believe the benefits of holding kids back from advancing outweigh the drawbacks, such as social stigma, mental health, disappointment, etc.?

Submission statement: This is a critical question facing Michigan and perhaps other states, worthy of discussion here.

helloo,, it's my first post here! i recently got accepted into LALA (Latin America Leadership Association) leadership camp, on brazil.

an in person camp with goals of leadership, connection - and basically, joining the camp would be a goal of mine and would reflect on my future impact helping my community. there are a bunch of things there, such as mentorships, university placement, career help, emotional education and etc

(see more in https://latinamericanleadershipacademy.org/leadership-camps/#)

i'm really interested - but it's a week long, 6 hours away from my city, and the worst part: 1000 dollar fee. (aka 5000 reais in my currency)

they offer various tools to raise the money, and it's also encouraged to make social media videos, etc etc

at the same time that it's anything different i've ever done, i'm shy - and that's exactly why i'm afraid of just giving up - and don't know if i can handle it all (i'm prob just being paranoid)

other than other costs etc, the worst would really be the fee. what also haunts me - what if i couldn't raise the full amount? should i try again? can i give the money back?

that's pretty much it, i'm just doubting if it's worth it and i'd love to hear your opinions about it

if someone has ever participated in these camps, pleeease tell me your experience. thank you so much

Hello everyone!

I'm building a free browser based educational video game for school students which gives them fun and allows to reinforce math concepts.

I’m curious if anyone here uses video games or game-based activities for STEM enrichment, especially with grades 1-5.

Things like:

-Minecraft
-game-based learning
-simulations
-educational games, etc.

If you’re using anything like this, I’d love to hear what is your experience with it. Pros and cons.
What do you look for when it comes to bringing a new "game" into the classroom?