Are students prepared for the future? Are they graduating ready to innovate? What are some of the skills students should have in order to have a successful future? Those are some of the questions Tony Wagner  ( […]

 
As you come to the end of your secondary school education, this is surely one of the most important questions that you will be contemplating. This is also a very important decision to make as it will likely […]

 
Instructions

Get an old tire or part of a tire. You’ll need one that doesn’t have steel belts.

Cut two sandal bottoms from the tire. You can used a pair of sandals or flip-flops that already fit as a p […]

 
Fourteen-year-old Titilayo Fasoro, unlike some of her contemporaries, has never been afraid of Mathematics. In fact, she has always scored good grades in the subject right from her primary school days. […]

 
The wrong crowd is another way of saying that your kid is hanging around people who don’t have the values, behavior or priorities you want your kid to have. This usually means they aren’t polite enough, well […]

 
Everybody knows boys are just not talkers. Their brains are wired differently when it comes to language and emotion. Boys are doers not thinkers. Boys are naturally better at math and visual spatial tasks.
The […]

 
Talking with an adolescent can be like walking through a minefield; at any moment, you could be asking what you thought was a simple, sincere question, only to find it triggering an explosive response. […]

 
As a teenager, you’re likely in secondary school, making new friends, and most likely dating. Your hormones are racing the most in these few years, so it can be quite a roller coaster ride, but by the time you […]

 
Middle-class parents who shout at their teenage children are increasing their risk of depression and troubled behaviour.
Even if parents enjoy a close relationship with their son and daughter, harsh verbal […]

 
We’ve all been told to avoid red wine, dark berries and black coffee in our quests for pearly whites; but what about foods that actually brighten your smile? Try these natural solutions for a brilliant be […]

 
What would your classroom look like if it were entirely technology centric?
Most of us might come up with something that looks pretty similar to our current classrooms, just with less books and more computers […]

 
The Federal Government on Tuesday claimed it had met almost all the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities after releasing an additional N30 billion to the union.
Gabriel Suswam, Chairman of the […]

 
Children often have no comprehension of how good grades and a positive overall experience in public education can improve their lives for the better. This is why we as parents should do everything we possibly […]

 Back-to-school content is usually focused on teachers and students, and as these two groups will have the largest workload ahead of them, that makes sense.
But for students, the ultimate support system is not […]

 
Foreign object in the eye is any object that lodges itself in the eye. Small objects will be washed out by tears / blinking while others would need medical attention to bring them […]

 
For a student, passing a final exam can be as easy or as difficult as memorising notes or textbook passages. But when it comes to entrepreneurship, it’s impossible to cram by reading a textbook. In fact, th […]

 
The urge to conform to their peers is a normal stage for kids ranging in age from about 12 to 21. At this stage, children start looking to their peers — not their parents — to help figure out everything from […]

 
Creativity fosters deeper learning, builds confidence and creates a student ready for college and career.
However, many teachers don’t know how to implement the teaching and assessment of creativity in their […]

(By Obianuju Okafor)
To imagine that we are still battling to memorise the names and atomic weights of 117 elements in the periodic table, scientists have now confirmed the addition of a new one yet again. This […]

 
Few children spent their summer vacations practicing bar modeling or calculating word problems.
However, this fall, it is expected that students will learn to reason abstractly and quantitatively and apply […]