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Waffle House waitress earns $16,000 scholarship after her kind act goes viral
Waffle House waitress Evoni Williams said she was just doing her job, but local leaders contend her act of kindness for an elderly patron displayed the type of character that deserves recognition.
Students learn about sustainability, helping others through community garden project
Students at an Australian primary school are learning about sustainability, reaching out to the homeless, and helping to supply fresh food to area restaurants, all through the same project.
Soft skills matter, but can they be measured?
New Hampshire principal Brian Stack is offering his insight on teaching students “soft skills” trough his own experience helping his elementary-age sons with their nightly homework.
Storytelling for social justice in St. Louis
Students in St. Louis are steeped in gun violence, but a nonprofit art collective is working to change the dynamic by recruiting black youth to produce music, poetry, and other art to raise awareness about social justice issues in their community.
Rocketship Academy will ‘touch your soul’ with gratitude
Teachers and administrators at Nashville’s Rocketship United Academy want students to understand that the school’s core values are more than slogans on a poster, so they’re bringing them to life through daily rituals that “create a consistent, predictable, and positive school experience.”
Jewish Day School offers scholarship for service
A Jewish day school on Long Island, New York recently launched a unique scholarship for students that makes tuition more affordable for families while encouraging them to give back to their community.
Schools are monitoring student social media to address problems earlier
Lakeview School District Superintendent Blake Prewitt wakes up each day and scrolls through a dozen or more alerts from Firestorm, the Georgia-based service the district uses to scan through student social media pages across several networks.
Measuring social-emotional learning for ESSA: no takers
States submitting plans to the U.S. Department of Education to comply with the Every Student Succeeds Act are opting not to measure social-emotional learning as part of school performance metrics.
Parents vs. administrators on cameras in the high school bathrooms
Administrators at Colorado’s Windsor Charter Academy Early College High School are now monitoring students on surveillance cameras inside bathrooms, and parents aren’t very happy about it.
Student-led alternative to suspensions changes NJ school culture
Students at Holyoke High School are learning to work through conflicts and other life experiences in a constructive way – a new approach to school discipline that’s morphed into something much more.
PA lawmaker wants to fine parents of school bullies
Pennsylvania state Rep. Frank Burns thinks parents should be held responsible for how their children behave in school, and he’s introducing legislation to impose a framework of increasing penalties for parents of students who bully their classmates.
NY students interview vets, use stories to create interactive book
Fourth graders in New York’s Thornell Road Elementary School are making some new friends in their Pittsford community, and chronicling their stories in a book about service and sacrifice.
