Research suggests 31 million students worldwide buying completed assignments, problem on the rise
Recent research estimates 31 million college students worldwide are buying completed assignments, a practice known as “contract cheating.”
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Respect: A Tale of Two Virtues
When you send a team of talented social scientists into a national sample of American high schools to study the molding of students’ character, you probably expect them to witness certain classic virtues in action. At the same time, you probably expect some contrasts to emerge, given our country’s diversity.
Dreams, Inspiration, and CultureFeed
“I did not go into teaching because I was inspired that someday my students might name the capital cities of each state in the Union. I went into teaching because I wanted to make a profound difference in the lives of my students.”
MI ‘success coach’ works with school, parents, community to reduce absenteeism
A “success coach” is working with a Michigan elementary school’s staff, parents, and community to reduce student absenteeism.
Library reaches out with gratitude tree
The Healdsburg Regional Library is offering students a unique way to show their gratitude, and it couldn’t come at a more opportune time.
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.”
Social-emotional learning and achievement at Valor
Valor Collegiate Academies is crediting a sharp focus on social and emotional learning (SEL) for students’ astonishing academic success, which propelled its Tennessee schools to the top 1 percent of all middle schools in the state in its first year.
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.
Welding students step up with donations to help veterans improve park, visit Washington, D.C.
Randy Ark, an advocate for military veterans in Springfield, Ohio, is commending local welding students for supporting the men and women in uniform who fought for their freedoms.
