education

Parents and teachers have one main thing in common: They both want children to succeed. From donating supplies to sending kids to school ready to learn, there are plenty of things that teachers want parents to know.

I’m someone who always says she’s not that interested in art. But that’s actually a lie. Maybe I don’t know a valuable piece of art when I see one and maybe I don’t find art museums particularly enthralling, but I definitely value the arts. Art extends way beyond paintings and sculptures.

When we think about “the arts,” often we go huge: the Louvre, Broadway, Swan Lake, Picasso. Perhaps without even realizing it, though, many parents instinctively know the value of the arts and incorporate them into our children’s lives in much smaller ways. Otherwise, why would we give our toddlers that first pack of crayons?

What do parents of toddlers and parents of high school students have in common? Both worry about paying for college.

To Chromebook or not to Chromebook? With apologies to Bill Shakespeare, when it comes to technology, more and more Ohio school districts have decided ‘tis nobler to endure the slings and arrows of spending outrageous fortunes than to risk falling behind their peers.

Back-to-school shopping is expensive, but budgeting on backpacks and school supplies can make your dollars go farther.

Every spring during graduation season, media outlets around the country share uplifting stories of people who returned to high school or college and completed their studies, often against all odds.

Stark County residents don’t have to look far when choosing a college to attend. There are six colleges in the county, including Walsh University, Malone University, the University of Mount Union, Stark State College, Kent State University at Stark and Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

Information about public schools is readily available to the public, but that’s not exactly the case with private schools. And information from nontraditional schools is on a completely different standard than traditional public schools.

I suspect your family is a lot like mine—summertime is vacation time. I also suspect, a lot like my family, that you have a go-to summer destination that has gotten a little stale.