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Pencils Down: Academic validation can create excessive stress in students

By Gabe Hendershot • April 17, 2024

College is an advantageous time for many young adults because there are so many academic, social and career opportunities available to them. This is a sentiment echoed constantly by parents and, for the most part, it is true. It’s the messaging hidden behind statements like this that causes a problem.

Pencils Down: How generational divides are impacting the classroom

By Gabe Hendershot • March 6, 2024

This growing division between generations is harming the classroom environment.

Pencils Down: Students should not be starving for success

By Gabe Hendershot • February 22, 2024

It is part of a college’s job to ensure that its students' basic needs are met while they are in pursuit of their degree. This includes safety, housing, mental wellness, physical health and nutrition....

Pencils Down: Why childcare must be made more affordable

By Gabe Hendershot, Columnist • January 24, 2024

Childcare and preschool costs are becoming so unreasonably high that parents are running out of options.

Pencils Down: Why academic standards should not prevent graduation

By Gabe Hendershot, Columnist • November 1, 2023

For many students, graduating high school is a given. After all, the process is often spelled out for them and most have a support system to help along the way. In the eyes of these students, the academic standards required by many high schools in order to receive a diploma are not a roadblock, but rather just another step in the process.

Pencils Down: Why labeling children as gifted is toxic to the learning environment

By Gabe Hendershot • October 19, 2023

How do you teach from a single curriculum while still accommodating all, or at least most, of your students? One way to cope with this problem is to have sections of the school day where students are divided up into different classrooms based on their academic capability.