Art programming expands student voice, SEL opportunities
Students were given a platform to express pandemic-induced feelings through a full-scale art show called “Self-Care is Self-Love” From K-12 Dive By Shawna De La...
Cash for Shots
As colleges offer students freebies and financial incentives to get a COVID-19 vaccine, scholars and campus leaders are divided on whether paying students to get...
After-school programs have either been abandoned or overworked
Many after-school programs, which provide both enrichment and child care, have gone out of business. Others went remote and still others became full-day child care...
OPINION: The power of unfair standardized tests is finally, thankfully diminishing
Colleges do not need test scores to make good admissions decisions From The Hechinger Report By Andrew Palumbo April 19, 2021 Are the SAT and...
Empowering In-Person Summer Tutoring returns
DARKE COUNTY – Empowering Darke County Youth will be bringing back in-person summer tutoring this year. It will be offered at the Greenville Public Library,...
Study links later middle, high school start times to better student achievement
Changes in school start times have a “significant effect” on the amount of sleep and reported grade point averages of students. From K-12 Dive By...
Data: 9th-grade on-track rates trend higher in 4×4 scheduling models
Freshmen attending high schools with “block” scheduling models are more likely to be on-track to graduate than peers on traditional 8-class schedules April 16, 2021...
Students take up the cause to push for more financial education
Students advocate for more financial education in schools; Only 21 states require personal finance coursework to graduate high school From CNBC By Sharon Epperson, Michelle...
Report: Prepare now for predicted kindergarten ‘bubble’
This fall’s kindergarten cohort and some 1st grade classes could have greater age differences and skill disparities, according to a new NWEA report. From K-12...
OPINION: Ninth graders do better with fewer classes, new research shows
Students are four times more likely to graduate from high school if they are on track in ninth grade From The Hechinger Report By Kaaren...
Survey: Nearly 9 in 10 Professors Say Student Mental Health Has Worsened During Pandemic
A new survey has found that 87 percent of faculty report their students’ mental health has worsened — or significantly worsened — over the past...
Community college: How education’s ‘best-kept secret’ stays afloat
Community college enrollment took a bigger blow than higher ed overall this school year From Christian Science Monitor By Sarah Matusek April 6, 2021 The...
Rural schools have a teacher shortage. Why don’t people who live there, teach there?
Out-of-towners don’t stay long in rural schools, but convincing qualified locals to stick around and teach is harder than it sounds From The Hechinger Report...
Amid teaching shortages, can educators in related subject areas fill gaps?
With help, science and math teachers can still teach the subject successfully to their students. From K-2 Dive By Lauren Barack April 7, 2021 Dive...
SEL Begins With the Teacher
How teachers can use social and emotional learning to help middle school students build confidence. From Edutopia By Nicole Fynn April 6, 2021 Many middle...