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AR teachers recognized for connecting students to history, promoting civic engagement
Hot Springs Intermediate School social studies teacher Pamela Wallace takes her Declaration of Learning seriously.
Indiana votes to require ’employability skills’
Indiana’s State Board of Education recently voted to require students to demonstrate “employability skills” with service projects or receive college ready scores on entrance exams to graduate from high school.
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Scholars on Schools: Interview with Charles Glenn on Islamic High Schools
In this short clip, sociologist Charles Glenn talks with CultureFeed Editor Joanna Breault about the modeling of character by teachers and their openness to discuss difficult topics with students.
Sociologist Jeffrey Dill on Character Formation in Homeschooling Families
In this full-length interview, sociologist Jeffrey Dill addresses issues like these:
• The broad diversity that exists among homeschoolers, from religious beliefs to motivations for choosing this lifestyle
• What it means to understand homeschooling as an “oppositional culture”
• How homeschoolers use employment and technology to augment student experiences
Student born with no hands wins national handwriting contest
Chesapeake third grader Anaya Ellick had her sights set on winning the 2018 Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest for cursive, and the hard work payed off in May when she took home the trophy.
Bullying program helps thousands of students avoid harassment
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is showing positive results in numerous U.S. schools, saving thousands of students from bullying over two years, a new study shows.
Character in the Classroom: Interview with Joshua Gibbs
“I was something of a scam who was forced to become authentic to keep food on the table.”
NHL: The Skills Center keeping kids out of the penalty box
The National Hockey League recently awarded a Tampa Bay sports based youth development center with a check for $5,000 to help promote academics and character education through athletics.
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.
Coach invites mentors to model, not talk
Education consultant Darryl Williams is taking a different approach to coaching his daughter’s 5th-grade basketball team, and it’s working wonders to focus the girls in on the game.
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.