by Sarah Green | Nov 18, 2016 | Student Issues
School discipline can have a long-term effect on children’s lives, especially kids growing up in poor urban areas. Traditionally, the default response to kids getting in trouble is either detention or suspension. The former is mostly boring, and the latter disrupts...
by Sarah Green | Nov 16, 2016 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
According to recent research by the Association of Psychological Science, students’ values can be linked to school climate, and in turn to the values of their principals. The study looked at 252 principals, 3,600 teachers, and 50,000 students in Israel and found that,...
by Sarah Green | Nov 14, 2016 | Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Growing up gay, transgender, or anywhere else in the “rainbow” can be difficult. As the LGBTQ community becomes more open and accepted, we’ve put a lot of thought into how to help kids deal with the challenges of being a part of that community. But the most...
by Sarah Green | Nov 11, 2016 | News, Student Issues
Katy, Texas probably isn’t a name you’ve heard before. It’s a city in the margins of Houston, on the intersection of three counties and home to around 16,000 citizens. It’s also part of one of the most overcrowded school districts in the country. Overcrowding is...
by Sarah Green | Nov 7, 2016 | Student Issues
We tend to think of our minds “wandering” as getting away from the task at hand and being a distraction from important work. But according to new research from the University of British Columbia, this is an essential part of how our brains work. According to the...
