education

I talked about this earlier in the week. Taxes. Everybody's getting them done right now. And, we're finding out how much Uncle Sam is keeping. And, finding out how little of it we get back in a refund. Not everybody is getting a refund. Many are getting sticker shock from what their "Obamacare" cost them...

Let me start by saying that I have great respect for teachers. I am not saying that because I am trying to endear myself to anyone or to get some warm and fuzzy feeling. I am saying it because I have a child who goes to school. I'm saying it because I try to be a good parent and help my child with her homework, which gives me just the slightest glimpse into her teacher's experience...

A team of young Rocky Mountain College scientists worked on a project that may convert carbon dioxide into oxygen.  It doesn't work well in space.

Clearly there is a LOT more to attending a University than just going to school.  It's a fact, years out, many students have forgotten just about all of their overly-priced education . . . and ALL their memories are about the stuff that happened outside of classroom. A new study just compiled a list of the top 50 things kids learn outside of class in school.  Here are the top 10 . . .

Occasionally we come across a class offered at a college somehow tied into mainstream music or a certain performing artist...that just seems so outlandish and unbelievable, yet they are real. Today I've compiled a list of classes where you can guess if these are ACTUAL courses, or something we just made up. Here we go...

There is an extended studies program in the Billings area for gifted students. Part of the curriculum is learning about architecture and building models to show off the skills they've acquired.

Justin Bieber's good deeds are often left overlooked, but in reality, he is a pretty charitable kid. And get this -- he spent his Sunday, the day most kids his age are recovering from a night of partying with friends, in the jungles of Guatemala, aiding a group of poor villagers and helping them put up a schoolhouse.