Young people today come to school with a different orientation than past generations. Traditional student disciplining approaches are no longer successful for far too many young people. For example, a parent related the following to me after a discussion of how society and youth have changed in recent generations:
 
The other day, my teenage daughter was eating [...]

The purpose of schooling is to teach our children to learn and produce quality work.  In order to accomplish this goal, our schools must re-think the ways in which they view the educational process.  Such changes do not necessarily cost more money (although increased funding for education is important), but rather requires a radical shift in [...]

We all talk about education and work in this field. We deal with several policies and programmes. We gain several degrees, diplomas and conduct research on education. But, many of us become blank when simply asked the meaning of ‘Education’, its semantics, its aims and objectives [...]