Questions for k-12 administrators for graduate paper

Hi everyone! I’m a graduate student in an educational program working on a brief field assignment about school leadership and role expectations. I have to interview someone (doesn’t have to be in person. I can simply Dm you or email you the questions)

If any practicing K–12 public school administrator (Principal, Vice/Assistant Principal, or Special Ed Director) has 5 minutes to help out, I’d love to send you 3 short, simple questions.

Your name, school, and district will be kept strictly confidential in my paper.

Submitted September 30, 2026 at 01:56PM by OrangeJuicell https://ift.tt/VDY3W7c

Is homeschool/online school seen as lesser by colleges?

Hello! I'm a current sophomore who's a homeschooler/does online school. I have no concerns with the curriculum of the school itself- it's licensed by Cognia & the Middle States Association, and is owned by K12 and uses K12's curriculum. (Say what you want about k12 haha but their academic stuff is used across the nation) and I also supplement with other resources. (The school is The Keystone School).

I have good extracurriculars- the reason I do online school is because I am an athlete- as well as volunteering, etc. I'll be taking AP exams every year, and of course the SAT, and possibly the ACT. I'm also considering taking a few CLEP exams to show mastery of a subject to colleges, as a metric, because of the homeschooler thing. I'll also be doing dual enrollment in my junior/senior years and maybe taking a couple courses through my local public HS.

Basically my question is, will doing online school/being a homeschooler affect my chances of getting into colleges? Of course I will be applying for some very selective schools, but also a lot of major state schools, too. (Think UMass Amherst or UMD College Park).

Submitted September 30, 2026 at 06:02AM by angelsanddemons- https://ift.tt/OuYnqaW

Suggestion on what book would be best to discuss in the effect of war and conflict in Afro-Asian Literature

Hello! I'm an education student doing a report in Afro-Asian Literature. Our group was tasked to analyze the literary representation of war, conflict, and resilience. But it's really hard to find sources, since our teacher just gave us the topic and nothing else. Even if I search on the internet, the results are not appropriate for my taste.

I don't want to rely on AI too much, so I'm asking here. It would be helpful if you could list some literature that is perfect for our topic (plus a short explanation of what the literature is about, and their author + publication year).

That's all, and I will say thank you in advance for those who can help.

Note: I already did my research and have several literature in mind. I even considered adding some of Dr. José Rizal works in the report, but I kept it as a last resort in case I didn't find any literature to add. After all his work is more on colonialism than war and conflict.

Submitted September 30, 2026 at 03:45AM by Livid-Ad-7087 https://ift.tt/AKWwUjQ

Free Resource - Elements of Style

Submitted September 29, 2026 at 09:33AM by Pristine-Public4860 https://ift.tt/qKyTDJ7

America's literacy issue started decades ago and has little to do with social media

The No Child Left Behind program was the final nail in the coffin of what had already, by that point, been the systematic destruction of public education in the USA. Current high schoolers inability to read can be attributed, in large part, to the effects of this policy being in full swing by the time they started kindergarten. Blaming social media or iPads is extremely beneficial to those in power who benefit from a failing education system, not to us, who are trying to work with what little we have to teach these kids.

Submitted September 29, 2026 at 07:05AM by TwoToedPing https://ift.tt/ni7uESj

When is it too early to push additional education at home?

My child is almost 5 and currently in a private preschool for TK. One of our good friends has another child the same age plus an older child in 1st grade.

Our friends are in a different town so they are in a different public school system than what my daughter would be in, but it has a pretty good reputation. However, our friend has been drilling additional education in his older child the past few years. He was teaching his older child how to read at age 4, giving the child all these phonics books and spending time on the weekend doing reading lessons. He has been doing the same with his younger child who is now reading plus he has been adding math to both kids to work on over the weekend.

My husband thinks we should be pushing additional lessons at home like our friends. In the case of reading, I've heard if you push too hard, it will cause your child to resist and dislike reading. We read to our child every night, and frequently get them new books or borrow books from the library. Our child loves us reading to them but they have been pushing back at trying to learn reading independently.

At my child's preschool, they have been teaching letters, sounds, and writing for the past year. My child can easily identify all letters, identify sounds with letters, and can write their name. I think our child is on par for their education at this point and I am afraid of pushing too much education now and causing stress or burnout.

I know that additional education at home is a good thing if there is a lapse in school's curriculum but I also wonder if 4 going on 5 might be a bit young to be pressured into additional work.

Submitted September 28, 2026 at 11:49AM by PinkHamster08 https://ift.tt/GR5qeSw

Among all the scientific subjects, chemistry is the worst

Prove me wrong. I'd rather do math and physics than to memorize a hundred different formulas and chemical symbols. Chemistry is just way too abstract and has too many exceptions.

Submitted September 28, 2026 at 10:35AM by buldaklover100 https://ift.tt/aiTZXCJ