Working with young children is vastly different from working with middle school or high school aged students in that younger children are fundamentally at an earlier developmental stage. Their sources of motivation and ability to work independently differ greatly from older students. In our experiences at General Academic, we haveRead More

This article was updated on 12/15/14 to reflect the latest score requirements. One of the most widely espoused figures schools will use to promote their graduates’ level of college-readiness is the number of National Merit Semi-Finalists their junior class had in the annual National Merit Scholarship Competition.  This competition takesRead More

The Economist has released its annual rankings of international MBA programs. Leading the way once again is Chicago’s Booth School of Business, followed by Dartmouth, UC Berkeley, Virginia, and the University of Navarra in Spain. Compiling data through career placement, salary increase, and subjective measurements such as student satisfaction andRead More

Photo by: Kenta Mabuchi   John and Laura Arnold, the young Houston couple that have donated millions towards criminal justice initiatives, research methodologies, and K-12 education endeavors, have donated $10 million to help fund the Head Start program amidst the current government shutdown. Head Start, a program that offers aRead More

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels went on Chuck Todd’s The Daily Rundown this morning to express his concerns over university rankings and their impact on the financial decisions that parents and students make. While the former Gov. of Indiana believes there should be measurable markers to determine how well aRead More

General Academic was featured by KHOU 11’s Mia Gradney during the 6am newscast on October 3, 2013.  The CBS affiliate’s reporter was particularly impressed by the “cool” atmosphere that the Study Lounge affords to its “teens and tween” students.    

If you’re a parent with a child to grades K, 6, or 9, you’re likely just catching your breath after getting your child started in a new school. You can relax a bit now….but not for too long because there are more choices to make on the horizon! For parentsRead More

Washington: A Negotiated Rulemaking Committee meets for the first time today to discuss the regulation of “Gainful Employment” standards at American colleges across the country. The meeting is the first of three that will be held this week; the last three will be held the week of October 21st. WhileRead More

With the Fall Semester kicking off for thousands of college students across the country, it is time for many of them to start asking themselves: “So what classes do I take?” Some will have a definitive future goal in mind: the law; marine biology; teaching. But for every student thatRead More

The Justice Department says the State of Louisiana is not authorized to provide private school scholarships to low-income students attending poor performance schools. But Governor Bobby Jindal is resisting. The Louisiana Governor, in a recent Washington Post editorial, said the government’s lawsuit against his state “…would rip children out ofRead More

Teach for America, Democrats for Education Reform, the Center for American Progress, and several other groups concerned with education reform have once again sent an open letter to the Obama Administration in an attempt to get an update on “Our Future, Our Teachers,” a strategic initiative designed to bolster teacherRead More

Last week, the ACT released disconcerting data about the quality of a typical high school education in America. Of the 54% of high school graduates who took the college entrance exam, 1 in 3 were not prepared for any college-level coursework requiring English, science, math or reading skills (the 4Read More

Imagine if the principles of individualized, self-paced learning could be merged with the brutal competitiveness of the business world.  You might need to “Think Different” (-ly) to see the result.  Eleven schools in the Netherlands, dubbed “Steve Jobs Schools” think they know what that vision looks like — it involvesRead More

Are you or someone you know in the market for a school for your child? General Academic teams up with Rice University for the second year in a row to help parents better navigate the maze of choices and requirements as they select a private or application-based school for theirRead More

Most high school juniors, and many sophomores and freshmen, will be sitting for the PSAT this year on either October 16 or 19.  Short for Preliminary SAT, the PSAT / National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMQST) serves two primary purposes—to provide students a heads up on how they will performRead More

Founded in 1898, Harvard Elementary began with 30 students in five grades, serving students in the Houston Heights and is still at its original location.  Before it was officially named after the street on which it is located, it was known as “Houston Heights School No. 2.”  The school’s missionRead More