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Performance vs. politics in Chicago schools
Chicago Public Schools administrators are sending students a message: Performance and accountability mean nothing; it’s political perception that really matters.
Anti-bullying experts credit NJ anti-bullying laws for creating safer schools
In New Jersey, school anti-bullying coordinators are crediting one of the nation’s oldest anti-bullying laws with helping to keep classrooms safe.
Landmark Harvard study reveals six things that contribute to long, healthy lives
A Harvard Medical School study that tracked 800 people through their entire lives recently revealed six things that made the biggest impact on their happiness, health and longevity.
Students take control of their curriculum
The Achievement First charter school network is modifying its approach at several schools to test a new Greenfield model that give students more autonomy over their education, an effort to promote responsible learning that will help students through college.
Approximately 31 million students worldwide buying completed assignments
Experts suggest “contract cheating” is on the rise.
Positive Coaching Alliance works with schools to help students become ‘Better Athletes, Better People’
Coaches at Verona High School are preparing for workshops in June aimed at helping students become “Better Athletes, Better People” – training provided through a national non-profit called the Positive Coaching Alliance.
Dr. Beth Green on “Do as I say not as I do”
‘Do as I say as not as I do’ is the familiar adage of weary parents, teachers and leaders. The problem is that the growing body of research into teaching, learning and moral formation shows us that telling people what to do is the least effective way for them to learn.
Learning to lead in middle school
Officials at Riverside School in Lyndonville, Vermont, believe one of the best ways for students to learn is to lead, and they’re expanding a school advisory program to give students more opportunities to mentor younger students.
Model UN requires students to take other perspectives
Young female students at Buffalo’s Nardin Academy recently trekked to Chicago to represent Brazil in a Model United Nations conference hosted by University of Chicago students, an exercise in civics that required students to immerse themselves in new cultures and ideas.
Student’s senior project connects personal story of hope with others struggling to overcome
Journey Smith’s Grade 12 project at British Columbia’s Whistler Waldorf School is making a big impact, both on those involved in “Hope The Documentary,” and the 18-year-old herself.
District takes ‘trauma-informed’ approach to help students build resilience
Terry Dangerfield, superintendent for Michigan’s Lincoln Park Public Schools, is building “Resilient Schools” that teach students how to overcome trauma to succeed in academics and life.
Clemson student cites divine calling in gift and mentoring program
Clemson University sophomore Price Crenshaw is on a mission that she says was inspired by her faith—a mission to serve.
