If you're choosing a school in the Philippines, you've probably heard the two labels: progressive and traditional. Friends swear by one or the other. School brochures use the words loosely. And underneath it all is the question every parent really cares about: where will my child actually thrive?
"Mahal ko naman sila, bakit parang hindi nila ramdam?" Many loving parents and spouses ask this quietly. The answer may be simpler than we think: we are speaking love in our own language, not theirs.
Last week, many of the high school boys in our Light and Salt Society class could not read what was written on the board, in a room of only 26 square meters and the farthest seating to the board is a mere 5 meters. What is happening to our children's eyes? Here is what careful research says, and what parents can do starting this week.
Denmark and Sweden led the world into digital classrooms. Now they are leading the retreat — back to pens, paper, and phone-free schools. Eastbridge never left. Here is what the science says, and why our students have never brought smartphones to school at all.
Some children shine in report cards. Others shine everywhere else. If your child's gift isn't academic, here is what every parent needs to know — before the world convinces them they have no gift at all.
Every child is intelligent — but not every child is intelligent the same way. Here is how Eastbridge recognizes nine kinds of smart, including one most schools never name.
