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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.
Jewish school opens its doors to non-Jewish students
The Jewish Academy of Orlando is opening its doors to students of different faiths for the first time.
OECD’s Schleicher: Ethics for an Age of Acceleration
In an age of acceleration, in which the human experience is faster and more disrupted than ever, ethics becomes even more important than it was in quieter times.
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.
High school freshman helps friend having a seizure
It’s a moment many of us dread: happening unexpectedly upon a friend who is in the midst of a medical emergency. Jacquise Richardson, a freshman at Jemison High School in Huntsville, AL, found himself in just that situation. He calmly and decisively helped a friend who was having a seizure, and Richardson’s teachers are now praising him for his timely actions.
DC schools search for new chancellor ‘with a deep moral compass’
District of Columbia Public Schools is hosted public forums as part of its second search for a new chancellor in as many years, and it’s clear many are looking to avoid ethical issues that plagued prior administrations.
College seeks to close “cultural gap” with “patriotism class”
A new requirement at a Midwestern college teaches freshmen patriotism and skills valued by the military.
Generation Z ‘loneliest generation’ in America today
Academic and author Rachel Simmons recently pointed out the disturbing reality that young adults are the loneliest generation in America today, and offered her take as a college staffer on what’s driving the trend.
Building Bridges through Instructional Coaching
Megan Olivia Hall, Minnesota State Teacher of the Year 2013, shares best practices for building a culture of trust as an Instructional Coach.
Schools partner with police to help traumatized students
The West Virginia Center for Children’s Justice is promoting a new way of dealing with traumatized students that’s building on the relationship between law enforcement and schools.
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.
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.