What if education could be better—for students and for educators? Katie Martin says it can be, when educators replace traditional teaching models with a collaborative, creative environment that empowers learners to explore and take risks in the pursuit of growth. Martin leads Partnerships-West at AltSchool, a growing community of districts and schools that is building […]
About 6 million students (one out of seven) miss at least 15 days during the school year, according to the Department of Education. Valerie Marsh and Shaun Nelms offer four-research supported practices that have proven to boost attendance in real schools with real students.
Libraries Connect Ohio (LCO) has partnered with Gale, a Cengage company, to provide more than 2,500 school, academic and public libraries throughout Ohio with free access to Gale digital resources through LCO and its partners, OhioLINK, OPLIN and InfOhio.
The Creating Pathways and Access for Student Success Foundation launched an online database that will expand access to STEM educational opportunities for Illinois students from minority and underrepresented backgrounds. The statewide database will aggregate available STEM education programs, resources and opportunities. The Creating Pathways and Access for Student Success Foundation (CPASS) launched a new online […]
The Yale Child Study Center and Scholastic launched the Yale Child Study Center-Scholastic Collaborative for Child & Family Resilience. It focuses on research around the intersection of literacy and health across education content areas including early childhood, social emotional learning and teaching, equity and social justice, family and community engagement, and more. The Yale Child […]
Nearpod, an instructional technology company, has teamed up with Agora Cyber Charter School to deploy the company’s more than 6,500 lessons with K12 teachers across Pennsylvania. The charter school provides full-time, tuition-free, public schooling for students through online instruction provided by teachers who lead classes remotely. Nearpod, the instructional technology partner helping districts and schools […]
NBC Learn and Newsela are providing students and teachers access to premium education videos and digital content tailored for grades K12. Both NBC Learn and Newsela.com will refer users to related content on the partner’s respective digital platforms, providing teachers with the ability to connect classroom topics to the real world and current events. NBC […]
We need more school staff trained extensively on the observable signs of trauma and schools with more direct mental health services and more appropriate disciplinary approaches. Collaborative systemic partnerships forged between schools and social-service community agencies also help. Then staff can cultivate a broader sense of trust with their students. A 12-year-old boy has witnessed […]
A new curriculum for teachers, developed by the nonprofit organization Journeys in Film, in partnership with the USC Rossier School of Education’s Center for Engagement-Driven Global Education, will give educators more resources to help students make sense of prejudice and hatred, drawing on the life of Oskar Schindler as an entry point. With anti-Semitism on […]
