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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.

The psychology of procrastination

By Miranda Ella, Staff Writer • October 29, 2018

In honor of the ever-growing list of homework and tasks I need to get done, I thought I’d step into the realm of psychology to discuss procrastination.

The different effects of coffee

By Miranda Ella, Staff Writer • October 7, 2018

Just because coffee helps me focus and helps my friend wake up doesn’t mean that it will do the same for you.

Those Funny Feelings – Mental Health, Part 3

March 25, 2016

Junior Matt Hirsch uses stand-up comedy as a method for sharing his experience with mental illnesses.

Early medication should not be first option

August 26, 2014

In this week's Mind Matters, columnist Amelia Erikson discusses how early childhood medication may not be the best option.