Education Council

Merit scholarships, Need-based scholarships, Athletic scholarships, Grants...what are they? How can college scholarships and grants help fund a college education?

Education is an investment and institution for developing human skills and knowledge (Todaro, 1985). Education is a powerful tool for development. Knowledge base and skills requirements keep changing in line with the economic, social and technological developments and innovations hence going back to school may be necessary. A mature student needs to gauge the importance of education through the social and economic advantages of returning to school. The decision will be influenced by consideration of the economic and social environment factors, career status, ambitions and prospects, earnings and economic climate. One should gauge perceived or real economic or social advantages that would accrue from returning to school, and also one's ability to succeed in acquiring the qualifications desired.

Don't simply let prestige or word of mouth dictate where you go to college. Find out how to pick a college that will change your life by asking yourself the right questions.

Find out how you can find the silver lining in the cloud if your child did not test well enough on the CogAT Test to be placed in a gifted program.

Colleges have to review thousands of college applications. Find out how to stand out on the Common College Application.

Know and understand your child and you know what is best for him/her! Parents can only decide what the best special needs schools are if they know and understand their child very well. The child's needs are more complex than those of a child for the mainstream school. The child has education and care needs which demand personalised learning and care support strategies. This makes decision on the best school more difficult.

The question of making learning fun is a common discussion in educational circles. Find out how teachers can use Neuro-Linguistic Programming to make learning both more fun and easier for students.

A good teacher is patient, exemplary, and has genuine interest in the welfare of children. Teaching is a vocation rather than a source of financial gain. The qualities of a good teacher are strong subject competence, professionalism, enthusiasm interpersonal and facilitation skills. He or she plans and evaluates lessons and monitors learning consistently.

Find out how to develop children's critical thinking skills with three different forms of debate.

Find out what questions you need to ask yourself when asking yourself "what college is right for me"?

Find out how your child learns with ADHD and why no amount of criticism or punishment will help change their disorder.

Find out how to correctly answer college interview questions and properly react to unique challenges presented in a college interview.

Kids with learning difficulties are capable of great things. Find out how parents and educators can understand learning difficulties in children and develop their children's strengths.

Find out how authoritative parenting cultivates an environment that fosters strong language development and an academically rich brain development.

The importance of SAT scores for colleges differs between different colleges. Find out what factor dictates the level of importance.