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Product Focus: Life skills 101

By Ray Bendici

K12 educators increasingly embrace life skills curricula that promote social-emotional learning, mindfulness, problem-solving and other soft skills. Many districts no longer view such programs as “nice to have” but as essential components of overall instruction. The growing emphasis on life skills is making an impact. In schools where students demonstrated significantly improved social and emotional […]

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November 14, 2016

Teachers lead charge against LGBTQ bullying

Educators need specialized professional development to prevent the bullying of LGBTQ students, according to a recent report released by the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN). The organization’s latest report—”From Teasing to Torment: School Climate Revisited”—examines the prevalence of bullying and its various causes. GLSEN polled more than 1,360 middle and high school students, and […]

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October 24, 2016

Helping teachers find their voice

Jos© Vilson wants to reclaim the teaching profession from the education theorists and reformers who dictate standards and curriculum, and put it back in the hands of the people who actually work with kids and get results. In his book, This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and the Future of […]

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October 21, 2016

Students cope with anxiety while recovering credits

Educators in Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools intend to remove the obstacles that prevent students who have severe social anxiety from attending school, a phenomenon known as “school refusal behavior.” The initiative, called Aspire, is housed at Quander Road School, a small district-run-and-funded therapeutic day program designed as an alternative setting for high school students […]

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October 18, 2016

Districts tackle teacher shortages with higher salaries, mentoring

Facing a ballooning teacher shortage in recent years, Clark County School District in Nevada launched a social media and email recruiting strategy, sending messages to self-identified school teachers over LinkedIn and reaching more than 2.5 million on Facebook. “When you have a staffing crisis, you have to come up with something different to do” says […]

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October 13, 2016

How saving for college becomes routine

Jay County—a rural district in Indiana—has the highest child poverty rate (35 percent) in the state. We’ve suffered like most of the rural areas. While our unemployment rate is just a little over 4 percent, there aren’t a lot of high-paying jobs. Many of them are low-level manufacturing and agriculture jobs, so people are leaving […]

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October 12, 2016

Extra career help for graduates with disabilities

Young adults in Fulton County, Georgia, who have learning and developmental disabilities such as cerebral palsy and autism, continue to gain career support from their school district even after they’ve completed high school. The Learning Independence for Employment (LIFE) program connects students age 18 to 22 with jobs at Atlanta-area employers, such as Georgia State […]

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October 12, 2016

High schools create career connections

Atlanta’s film industry has in recent years boomed to third place behind Los Angeles and New York City, and incoming studios noted a major skills gap when looking for videographers, scene constructors, prop creators and costume designers. Leaders of Fulton County Schools in Georgia responded. Three years ago, administrators met with studio executives to develop […]

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Product Focus: Life skills 101

A national push for well-rounded students

The school drug-testing dilemma

Student Success Stories

Teachers lead charge against LGBTQ bullying

Helping teachers find their voice

Students cope with anxiety while recovering credits

Districts tackle teacher shortages with higher salaries, mentoring

How saving for college becomes routine

Extra career help for graduates with disabilities

High schools create career connections