Day: October 16, 2015
Reading literature helps develop critical-thinking skills
The benefits of literature are legion. Books improves vocabulary, organizational skills, and the ability to read, comprehend, and analyze text. Plus, it can provide people with important historical perspective, encourage sympathy for other human beings, and promote appreciation for diversity and understanding of other cultures.
West Ada: Trustee, Clark hold ‘productive’ meeting
Board chair Tina Dean and Superintendent Linda Clark met Friday morning, to discuss developing “a more positive relationship” in the embattled district.
Changing Idaho’s college-going culture
College education is not for everybody, but we are certainly not reaching enough students with the message of why it is valuable, and how it can be attained.