Janice Hypolite retired from her position as an accountant, spent time with her daughters and then decided to pursue her desire to teach. In the 1980s it was very easy to achieve certification to substitute teach. After a short while she returned to accounting. In...

Dr. M.R. Ussery’s book PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ARCHAIC is book that would be excellent for a series of school in-services and parent meetings. It is a small book with a big message. From page one to twenty he analyzes what isn’t working in schools and...

Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Award WinnerGina Hutchins Inman is a German-American citizen. In her desire to give to those less fortunate than herself, she traveled to Owamboland, Namibia, Africa where she spent 8 weeks with the children of the Twaahililwa School. She enjoyed the simplicity...

Garret was only five years old when his way of life was completely altered. A freak accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. While he lost all use of his limbs and could not breathe on his own, his mind was unaffected. Dr. Karen...

By his own admission Dr.John Telford is a great man. He believed that he knew what was wrong with education and it motivated him to find ways to correct its problems – especially as it pertained to his black students. He was successful at every...

I cannot say enough about this book.  This should be mandatory reading for everyone involved in education.  It is easy to give this book a “5 Star” rating. Although written for teachers, parents reading THE COMPLETE TEACHER by Dr. Robert Rose will have the tools...

For my dissertation and intellectual curiosity I read many doctoral dissertations for education and psychology. Many appeared to be much ado about very little.  So, I was pleasantly surprised reading Dr. Karen Dotson’s, “An Educational Applied Dissertation Model.” It was well designed and executed and it...

There is a big difference between high school and college. How To Get An A In College will assist in the transition. This great book discusses how to get the grade, how to select a major, how to pick the right classes and instructors. On...

Teach a child to read and you will open the door to new worlds. Too many children struggle to read. I remember one of my sons struggled. It was only after I made a concerted effort to teach him how to read myself that he...

Former college students share their suggestions and advice for surviving the first year of college. I do not suggest that all the “advice” is taken seriously. The chapter on food is ridiculous. A person cannot and should not survive on coffee. Some the advice was tongue...