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Pros and cons of a new program. Student-guided education is optimal, but only under the right conditions.

  Although the model for a gradual release of responsibility in teaching has existed since 1983, developed by psychologists Pearson and Gallagher, CHS has recently begun to adopt this program. According to assistant principal Brooke Weekes, the school is piloting this program this year and is looking to move forward with it in the next [...]

          In the middle of August this year, Hurricane Irene came into contact with America’s east coast. Although the death toll was relatively low in comparison to other large natural disasters, the damages have been estimated to be as high as $7 billion for our country. This weather phenomenon has been [...]

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