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The Changing Face of Literacy
What does it mean to be a literate 21st century learner? Dr. Laura Drake, Wyoming State Teacher of the Year 2013, challenges us to think about multiple forms of literacy.
Buddy Benches work when students understand compassion
Buddy Benches going in on elementary school playgrounds across the country are one of many ways officials are working to curb bullying and build inclusive school cultures.
Ohio student travels to France to eulogize local WWII veteran at Normandy American Cemetery
When Springfield High School student Joshua Fox was selected to pay tribute to a soldier who died in the historic World War II D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, he didn’t have to search far to find a local hero.
IN schools shift from punitive to restorative student discipline
A new state law is forcing Indiana schools to adopt a restorative justice approach to student discipline, with the underlying goal of reducing disproportional suspensions and discipline of minority students.
Creative discipline helps states meet ESSA performance targets
A middle school in Texas takes an unconventional approach to dealing with theft that might help other schools improve school climate and outcomes for students.
Valuing Our Educators
Sheena Graham, Connecticut State Teacher of the Year 2019, shares the impact that being appreciated had on her 38-year career as an educator, and, what she learned by being appreciated in different ways by colleagues, parents, administrators, and students.
Children helping the fight against leukemia
Students at St. Paul Catholic School are working to cure cancer while also building character through the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Pennies for Patients program.
On Feeding the Good
Everyone has character. A person is not born with character; it is learned. It is not genetic, but it can be taught. It cannot be bought, but it can be earned.
New WA civics standards raise concerns about political bias
Ed Pole, Washington state resident and member of The Olympian newspaper’s Board of Contributors, wants parents and educators to weigh in on the state’s new civics standards to ensure they’re not implemented with a political agenda.
Classical Catholic school welcomes special needs students
Michael and Penny Michalak founded the Immaculata Classical Academy in 2010 intentionally to include students like their daughter, Elena, who has Down syndrome. The benefits of this model are widely shared by the whole school community.
Iowa college students help middle schoolers create videos to highlight their heroes
What began as a conversation between Bettendorf Middle School teachers over lunch has evolved over the last three years into a program that allows students to highlight their heroes, under the mentorship of college students they look up to.
Private school officials discuss how faith shapes school culture, breeds academic success
St. Joseph Catholic School Principal Wade Laffey wants parents to know that the private religious school is more than a public school with a religion class.