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How Much Power Should the Class President Have?
In high schools and in some middle schools, most education models have students elect class presidents. In my high school, the class president got involved in decisions like where the prom would be held. I actually remember one of our first meetings with the entire freshman class, about 135 of us, most of them new to me, and I asked our advisor what it was the president actually did. She replied, "If... (posted by Brooks 3 years 317 days ago.)
In high schools and in some middle schools, most education models have students elect class presidents. In my high school, the class president got involved in decisions like where the prom would be held. I actually remember one of our first meetings with the entire freshman class, about 135 of us, most of them new to me, and I asked our advisor what it was the president actually did. She replied, "If... (posted by Brooks 3 years 317 days ago.)
Is Homework Important?
Debates rage on about the degree of value (or harm) that homework has on kids. Almost everybody reading this article has muscled through countless hours of homework, some hating it, some loving it, while most perhaps consider it a benign, boring necessity. On the one hand, homework has survived centuries of education reform, and is still thriving, so it must have at least some significant value. However, modern research in... (posted by Brooks 4 years 38 days ago.)
Debates rage on about the degree of value (or harm) that homework has on kids. Almost everybody reading this article has muscled through countless hours of homework, some hating it, some loving it, while most perhaps consider it a benign, boring necessity. On the one hand, homework has survived centuries of education reform, and is still thriving, so it must have at least some significant value. However, modern research in... (posted by Brooks 4 years 38 days ago.)
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