Instant Civics Lesson–Memorial Day & California’s Tuesday Primary Election

Learning isn’t only in the classroom and for a grade.  Life presents educational opportunities everyday. Tuesday’s Primary Election can spur conversations about citizenship.  Why is there a Primary election?  Why are voters electing delegates to the party primaries, not the Presidential candidate themselves?  What’s a Proposition?  Why are the voters deciding abut new expenses (i.e.…

Continue Reading

European History in 3 Minutes…Wait, Don’t Click Away

Ever wonder how history is relevant?  Do you believe history is boring–simply memorization of facts and dates?  Here’s a short 3 minute history of the changes in Europe for the past 1000 years.  Watch and wonder how many people’s lives changed with the shifting borders, how many cultures were exchanged after being conquered and conquering…

Continue Reading

GUEST POST: A Mom’s Perspective on College Admissions Consultants

By Anne Ross, Ross Family CEO and Co-Entrepreneur Anne and her family first consulted Creative Marbles Consultancy in her daughter’s junior year. She graciously agreed to submit a guest post to share her insights to the college admissions process from a parent’s view. I was asked to give a parent’s perspective and first thought, “Wow,…

Continue Reading

Grade Inflation is present and its effects may be more damaging then you think

The Economist this past week spoke of the notion of panflation, or better said the inflation of everything. “This ‘panflation’ needs to be recognized for the plague it has become.” I couldn’t agree more. What caught my eye in the article was the authors discussion of grade inflation.  Grades have always been a tricky topic…

Continue Reading

Spring Slide to Summer Break

With warmer weather combined with the last quarter of the school year, students and teachers start counting the days until summer break.  The monotony of daily homework, interspersed with grade impacting, year-end projects, can challenge any student to stay focused.  Parents often raise concerns that they’re making more frequent “reminders” about homework deadlines and trying…

Continue Reading