Alternative education

The credit crunch and stock market crash will have an impact on families’ incomes and their ability to pay for college. Tuition, room, books, travel, and other college expenses continue to rise while the economy deteriorates. With today’s economic situation, it will be much more difficult to get a student loan. Parents are looking for alternative educational options for their …

Kalpana Pathak, Breaking the Mould: Alternative Schools in IndiaChennai: Westland Ltd. 2016, ISBN 978-93-85152-29-0, pp. XVI+230, Rs. 295. Education is a field of interest in our time. This fact is testified by the proliferation of many institutes and centers offering education and the amount of publicity. The landscape of education in India is neither admirable nor outright condemnable. There is …

Although it has been around for decades, coteaching is now emerging as one of the most popular buzzwords in education, specifically at the high school level. It was a proven strategy in the elementary setting, and now secondary administrators are beginning to use the philosophy to improve teaching and reap the same benefits seen in elementary schools. The problem with …

There is growing evidence that more families will choose different schools if possible. This is evidenced by survey data and focus groups, from waiting lists of alternative schools and charter schools, among many examples. What prevents them from sailing to a new island of learning is, above all, the political blockade which still closes the ports to all but a …

In the recent past we looked to professionals of the financial planning industry to help us devise a more informed plan that would take us comfortably into our retirement years. Unfortunately, the procedures and methods that most typical financial planners follow and suggest have become archaic and antiquated (even self-serving). Too often, this misguidance has led to diminishing returns instead …