by Sarah Green | Dec 7, 2016 | News, Student Issues
Supportive and caring teachers, safety from bullying and violence, students feeling connected with their school, and parental involvement in that school can all lead to a positive school climate. This is important because a more positive climate can help improve...
by Sarah Green | Dec 5, 2016 | News, Student Issues
A new study from the University of Kansas found that students who enroll in journalism classes are more likely to vote. “School journalism can attune students—perhaps more than other activities—to what is happening locally, nationally, and globally, and how such news...
by Sarah Green | Dec 2, 2016 | Student Issues
Something like 60 percent of the world’s population speaks more than one language, a statistic in which U.S. students often fall far behind. Current research seems to show that leaves our students out in the cold in more than just conversation. Bilingualism is the...
by Sarah Green | Nov 30, 2016 | Student Issues
In the late 1990s, it became apparent that there was a gender gap in math achievement among American students. A study performed in the 1998-1999 school year found that girls were falling behind in math as early as kindergarten, with the gap widening as they aged...
by Sarah Green | Nov 28, 2016 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
The Tennessee Department of Education, along with 90 school districts in the state, is creating Read to Be Ready. This program is designed to train teachers in the best techniques for teaching literacy to young students. Tennessee has an acknowledged problem with...
by Sarah Green | Nov 23, 2016 | Student Issues
A recent study has found that about 75 percent of college students, based on responses from undergraduate and graduate students at four-year institutions, make use of closed captions and transcripts when viewing videos for class purposes. These students said they use...
by Sarah Green | Nov 21, 2016 | News, Teacher Issues
A teacher at Baltimore’s Harlem Park Elementary/Middle School has been fired after she was caught on video screaming at a classroom full of middle school students and using a racial epithet. The school is mostly black, and the teacher is white. After yelling at a...
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...
