Schools updating remote learning policies in reaction to COVID-19 cases, quarantines
From K-12 Dive By Kara Arundel Sept. 3, 2021 Dive Brief: An ongoing review of the nation’s 100 large and urban school systems by the...
For Social-Emotional Learning to Move Beyond Buzzwords, It Must Start with Educators
From EdSurge By Tricia Maas Aug 30, 2021 After decades of attempts at education reform that have done little to improve the education system in...
Schools Are Getting Billions In COVID Relief Money. Here’s How They Plan To Spend It
From NPR Ed By Cory Turner September 1, 2021 New staff, new tech and even new classrooms — that’s just some of what school superintendents...
Analysis: hundreds of colleges and universities show financial warning signs
Federal data shows higher education troubles long before coronavirus struck From The Hechinger Report By Sarah Butrymowicz and Pete D’Amato August 4, 2020 Dozens of...
Wayne HealthCare Foundation continues to support Empowering kids
GREENVILLE - Wayne HealthCare Foundation has once again provided a grant to Empowering Darke County Youth to support its academic services to Darke County Youth.The...
Educators see struggling students. After a pandemic year, do they need extra help or services for a disability?
From Chalkbeat By Kalyn Belsha Sep 1, 2021 It’s typical for Aimee Parra to have a handful of kindergarteners who are struggling at the start...
Kids In Illinois Will Soon Be Able To Take 5 Mental Health Days From School
From NPR Ed By Jonathan Franklin September 2, 2021 Students across Illinois will be able to take up to five excused mental health days starting...
Substitute shortages so severe, some districts may have to temporarily close classrooms
Some districts are asking parents and retired teachers to help From EdSource By Diana Lambert September 2, 2021 California school districts, already struggling to find...
3 ways educators are addressing the 20th anniversary of 9/11 in curriculum
From using a poem written by the U.S. poet laureate at the time as a springboard for discussion to engaging the community, resources are plentiful....
Why does New York state sue its college students?
Thousands have been taken to court, and can defend themselves only in Albany — even if they live hundreds of miles away From The Hechinger...
For Some Working Students, Online Learning In College Seen As A Boon
Taking classes online during the pandemic has benefitted students who work, attend community colleges or have other responsibilities and can take advantage of the greater...
Ransomware capitalizes on holiday weekends. Feds urge vigilance over Labor Day.
From Higher Ed Dive By David Jones Sept. 1, 2021 Dive Brief: As the Labor Day holiday looms, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...
Know! Better Sleep=Better School Performance
From Prevention Action Alliance Heading back to school is a transition that impacts many aspects of life, including our tweens’ and teens’ sleep schedules. Sleep,...
High School Is Accused Of Censorship As Officials Rip Out Yearbook Pages On The News
From NPR Ed By Vanessa Romo August 20, 2021 The theme of Bigelow High School’s 2020-21 yearbook was The Roaring 20s. But it appears officials...
Focusing on pandemic gains is as crucial as identifying learning losses
From K-12 Dive By Lauren Barack Aug. 18, 2021 Dive Brief: Rather than focusing too much on the learning students may have lost during the...