January 24, 2024
Via: eSchool NewsSocial-emotional learning (SEL) is an integral part of today’s schools. Through SEL, students learn how to manage and regulate their emotions, identify and work through tough feelings, and serves as a foundation that supports students’ personal and academic achievements. There […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies
July 12, 2023
Via: K-12 DiveWolfsdorf acknowledges that trigger warnings are a complicated subject. He suggests teachers should consider how they will assist students if something in the classroom occurs that proves to be triggering — whether there were warnings or not. He encourages teachers […]
March 8, 2023
Via: eSchool NewsArtificial intelligence is currently walking itself through the hallways of our schools and some teachers may not be leveraging this tool to enhance their teaching methods. Instead, many educators and learning institutions are nervous about the student use of artificial […]
February 1, 2023
Via: K-12 DiveThe survey backs up previous research illustrating that the teacher shortage is not going away in the immediate future. The Horace Mann survey polled 573 educators, including K-12 teachers, administrators and support personnel in November. Teacher shortages are showing signs […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies
January 13, 2023
Via: eSchool NewsWhen I ask educators if they have heard of the term “growth mindset,” many will raise their hands or nod they have. However, when I ask educators to define what it means to have a growth mindset, I often get […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies
December 16, 2022
Via: eCampus NewsAs a fashion designer, entrepreneur and educator, I know the importance of learning by doing. Sometimes, the only way to learn a new design tool is to dive right in and start using it. But nothing beats the rich experiential […]
September 19, 2022
Via: eSchool NewsFrom teaching through a global pandemic to adjusting in real time to teacher shortages and policy changes, from worrying about school safety to trying to manage more disruptive behavior in your classroom, this past school year alone has presented huge […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Economics
September 12, 2022
Via: U.S. Department of EducationToday, the Department of Education is announcing new awards to help recruit, prepare, develop, and retain a strong, effective and diverse teacher workforce for classrooms across the country through the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) grant program. This year’s investment includes […]
Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary
July 26, 2022
Via: Ed SurgeAs a child, I was taught that sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. The truth is that society has changed. However, our mainstream education and societal training practices have not. The future of […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies
July 13, 2022
Via: eCampus NewsBesides its economic and social disruptions, COVID-19 appears to have shifted the perception about the importance and value of education at least partially off its foundation. Of course, some foundation-rattling was already underway; the pandemic only intensified it. About one-third […]
July 11, 2022
Via: eCampus NewsThe SAT will be moving online for students in the United States beginning in 2024. The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exam will be taken entirely online next year. Many other states already have fully online tests—and […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies
June 21, 2022
Via: eSchool NewsAfter a tumultuous few years teaching during a pandemic, some educators are embarking on a unique approach to social and emotional learning (SEL) training this summer: They’re pursuing a virtual wellness, SEL, and yoga training course. Graduates of Breathe For […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies
June 17, 2022
Via: eSchool NewsThe pandemic has augmented concerns about learning loss, leading many schools and districts to examine their summer learning programs and help students strengthen progress in various academic areas. Here’s how seven educators are tackling summer learning in fun and engaging […]
June 1, 2022
Via: Ed SurgeCuriosity and creativity were on display when dozens of top teachers from around the U.S. gathered on the National Mall at the end of April. The educators were state winners of the Teacher of the Year program, hosted annually by […]
Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary, Secondary Education
May 23, 2022
Via: eSchool NewsAn overwhelming majority of educators polled in a new survey say they believe students achieve success when schools make whole child learning a priority. Ninety-one percent of teachers participating in education nonprofit Gradient Learning’s national survey, say they believe students […]
May 4, 2022
Via: eSchool NewsClose to half of student may have a learning different, and more than half of parents in say they have sought supplemental learning services for their child, according to a recent survey. The 2022 Learnfully Neurodiversity Report, from personalized learning […]
Educational Stages, Secondary Education
May 2, 2022
Via: EdTech MagazineBack when I was a campus principal, everyone knew that my professional “love language” was both giving and receiving gifts. Find me a snack cake, and I can spout a rhyme that can be attached and distributed to our team. […]
January 12, 2022
Via: eSchool NewsDigital transformation is about more than making incremental changes to instruction or layering technology on top of existing practices. It’s about fundamentally reimagining education so that it works for all students more effectively, leading to deeper, richer learning that is […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies
December 15, 2021
Via: eSchool NewsWe live in the age of information. Thanks to the internet, we now have all the world’s knowledge at our fingertips. Just think about it: Cooking, philosophy, engineering, literature–anything you could possibly imagine can likely be found using a simple […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies
December 2, 2021
Via: Ed SurgeWe all have the capacity to grow and develop our resilience. Bonnie Benard, the renowned resilience researcher, once defined certain circumstances in our environment that can help boost this growth organically. In particular, Benard highlighted several protective factors, including caring […]