Month Archive - 2008 August

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Remember Fieldtrips?

August 29, 2008 Rising gas prices change the school experience For students, a new school year means adapting to new things—a new grade, new teachers, new classrooms, and new subjects. But this year, there could be one more thing to learn to deal with: the elimination of school fieldtrips. Like peanut butter sandwiches ... more

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Nostalgic for chalkboards

August 8, 2008 Are wired classrooms changing the way that students learn? Chalkboards, one room school houses, apples for the teacher, walking to school, using both sides of the paper, desks with flip open tops, writing with pencils right down to the nub…there is something in the air during back to school time ... more

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