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News for Parents
Here we will periodically reference news and commentary involving education, societal trends, and advice to Christian parents. Most articles are from the Wall Street Journal and their education reporters. COME ON IN ...
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Aug 29, 20231 min read
How AI Will Affect Occupations
Parents should help inform your kids of changes in employment choices as technology evolves. In the case of AI, the biggest impact is...
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bozacmj
Aug 28, 20231 min read
Schools Building Housing for Teachers
Teaching is becoming a career to avoid due to low pay, high housing costs, and classrooms turned into socially tolerant zones by schools...
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bozacmj
Aug 28, 20231 min read
Beware the Student Loan RePayment
It could be a ball of confusion . . . https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/student-loans-are-emerging-from-deep-freeze-and-borrowers-are-...
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bozacmj
Aug 24, 20231 min read
Financial Tips for College Students
Most freshman students are unprepared to manage money. https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/25-tips-college-students-finance-206bf84c?st=...
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bozacmj
Aug 24, 20231 min read
Before Your Kid Goes to College, Complete These Documents
Parents should have access to their kids' financial and medical records. https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/college-documents-medical-f...
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bozacmj
Aug 21, 20231 min read
The Bill Is COMING DUE
Student-loan borrowers have enjoyed a nearly four-year spring break from making payments, using their savings to splurge on vacations,...
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bozacmj
Aug 2, 20231 min read
Helicopter Parenting
Many parents cannot resist scrutinizing every pixel of summer camp photos of their kids to gauge their emotional states. A child walking...
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bozacmj
Aug 2, 20231 min read
Help Me With This Application
Talk about second guessing. College admissions is hard enough without all the confusion on what to say in an admission package....
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bozacmj
Jun 27, 20231 min read
ATTN: Parents with Kids Heading to Private Colleges
By using the lesser-known Private College 529 plan, families can lock in tuition by buying prepaid tuition certificates at current...
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bozacmj
Jun 13, 20231 min read
Waiting Until 16 for Social Media
Technology comes with pros/cons but, for young kids using social media, more CONS. Read on for the latest from mental health experts....
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bozacmj
Jun 5, 20231 min read
Why Did You Give Me an F?
How many times have professors heard from students "you must have calculated my grade wrong, I can't possibly be getting an F in your...
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bozacmj
Jun 5, 20231 min read
School Violence on the Upswing
In a nationwide American Psychological Association survey of nearly 15,000 teachers and staff from July 2020 to June 2021, 14% of...
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bozacmj
Jun 2, 20231 min read
Oral Exams to Suppress Cheating
Studies have shown that ~ 2/3 of college students admitted to cheating before the pandemic. Regretfully, artificial intelligence (AI) has...
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bozacmj
May 28, 20231 min read
Advice to Kids About AI And ChatGPT
In case you have a brilliant kid with a passion for math . . . https://www.wsj.com/articles/chatgpt-ai-math-po-shen-loh-1e9f80dc?st=kfc7m...
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bozacmj
May 21, 20231 min read
The Latest on Whether a College Degree is Worth It
In 2022, 62% of high school grads went immediately to college. Today, in some states, not even 50% of high school grads are pursuing...
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bozacmj
May 19, 20231 min read
"FunEmployment"?
More Gen Z characteristics for parents to ponder. https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-gen-z-unemployment-can-be-a-blast-employment-career-l...
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bozacmj
May 15, 20231 min read
The Darkness of TikTok
Another somber warning to parents of what kids face on social media. It's not all fun and games. https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-feed...
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bozacmj
May 8, 20231 min read
Planning Withdrawals from 529 College Savings Accounts
Parents: What to know about drawing down $$ from 529 savings accounts. https://www.wsj.com/articles/withdraw-from-529-college-saving-plan...
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bozacmj
May 8, 20231 min read
New Tools Searching for "ET"
News of the latest scientific efforts to find life in the Universe. Will it rattle your faith if someone answers? ...
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bozacmj
May 4, 20231 min read
$3K in Campus Swag?
Parents are spending big on hats, clothes, mugs, shot glasses and banners to show off where their teens are going to college; ‘It’s...
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