June 4, 2018
By: Giancarlo Brotto
Source: EdSurge Social and emotional abilities are said to be indicators of how well a person adjusts to his or her environment, adapts to change and, ultimately, how successful she or he will be in life. In fact, core development abilities such as conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness and agreeableness can be as or […]
May 30, 2018
By: Moriah Balingit
Source: The Washington Post In the middle of Thursday’s White House press briefing, where grown-up reporters were asking questions about NAFTA and North Korea, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders pointed toward the rear of the briefing room and called on “the young colleague in the back.” “Thanks for the compliment,” quipped one of […]
May 30, 2018
By: Laura Ascione
Source: eSchool News High-quality, effective teachers know how to use technology to engage students and elevate their learning—and they also know students of all abilities can use technology to assist with learning. A variety of tools and resources, including apps for tablets and mobile devices, can meet the varying needs of students with […]
May 30, 2018
By: Autumn A. Arnett and Jarrett Carter
Source: Education Dive Dive Brief: The U.S. Education Department announced it will delay for two more years implementation of its controversial regulations requiring all online programs to show they are approved to operate in every state where they enroll students, according to Inside Higher Ed. The government says it will […]
May 30, 2018
By: Courtney Perkes
Source: Disability Scoop Congressional lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation to delay for one year a controversial Medicaid requirement that personal care service providers electronically check in when assisting people with disabilities in their homes. The bill, introduced last week in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, calls for a delay until […]
May 30, 2018
By: Charles Sahm
Source: The 74 New Yorkers have come to expect the extraordinary from Success Academy charter schools. So when results from the 2017 state exams were released, it wasn’t surprising that 95 percent of Success students scored proficient in math and 84 percent in English (compared with city district school averages of 38 and […]
May 29, 2018
By: Jenny Abamu
Source: EdSurge Despite all the promise surrounding “growth mindsets”—the idea that encourages students to see intelligence as something that can be nurtured and developed, as opposed to something that is fixed and innate—researchers are sounding the alarm bell. They say the intervention, at least as currently applied in today’s classrooms, isn’t shifting the […]
May 29, 2018
By: Tina Nazerian
Source: EdSurge This past year, a group of eighth graders in Texas got upset about a train that didn’t stop for bathroom visits as it headed toward a concentration camp. In Hawaii, another group of students had to decide which of their possessions to sell so they wouldn’t lose their homes. The students […]
May 29, 2018
By: Sarah D. Sparks and Alex Harwin
Source: Education Week Despite the spread of nearsightedness among U.S. schoolchildren, nearly 1 in 3 has not had a vision screening in at least two years, according to a new Education Week Research Center analysis of federal data, and research suggests several ways schools may help reduce children’s risk […]
May 28, 2018
By: Lucy Tompkins
Source: Billings Gazette During a recent lunch period at Paxson Elementary School, a group of third-graders gathered around a table to eat, opening their lunchboxes from home, or setting down their cafeteria trays. One student brought something different: a device that looked like it came from a Star Wars movie. Nine-year-old Heath Montgomery, […]