College isn’t for everyone, but everyone needs an education and marketable skills. The good news is, alternatives exist for those who want to work with their hands instead of calculators.

Public schools around here have never had a great academic reputation, but these days they are taking things to a new extreme in the way they handle – or should I say do not handle – any social topics from geography to history.

Writer’s block is no match for an exercise in mind-numbing repitition: Learn how my fourth grade English teacher taught us to find a topic for writing regardless of how low the inspiration is.

On hedge schools, illegal education, and knowledge as the primary source of social power

Education cuts target teachers, but the job losses here in Florida won’t be decided by performance reviews or statistical data: Seniority in the union is the only factor being considered

What is web 2.0 and how does it affect education? Building a centralized resource for educational resources and social bookmarking

Sounds great right? Maybe too good to be true. Well, if I’ve learned anything in the last 18 months of working in the world of college scholarships and financial aid, its that free money for college is out there in large amounts. History: FreeCollegeBlog.com was my first attempt at a WordPress website, my second site [...]

What can I say? I like school. I want to help other people get there. I’ve personally witnessed enough success stories, students who overcame great odds to graduate and get a degree and move onto a career they really appreciate. I probably won’t work in education financing forever, but I will always want to contribute [...]