48+ min ago  (617+ words) Damon Lewis, the principal for Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy in Norwalk, Conn., believes nurturing positive relationships between students and staff is central to creating a safe and supportive learning environment. "If you can engage kids on a social level, they're…...

52+ min ago  (782+ words) There's a growing trend among both states and school districts to outline their vision of what, exactly, a successful high school graduate looks like. These so-called "portrait of a graduate" documents detail the skills and attributes students need beyond academic…...

2+ hour, 50+ min ago  (691+ words) There's no guarantee that preschoolers are learning these skills at home or at a school-based program. Nor, until recently, was there a way to reliably assess whether preschoolers were learning them. Leaders at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, saw…...

7+ hour, 21+ min ago  (275+ words) I'm old enough to remember when an exercise class built around stationary bikes was revolutionary. The first time I attended such a class, it was called Spin. In a darkened room, we rode along to loud music as an enthusiastic…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (593+ words) With schools in East Falmouth, Mass., closed for a few days thanks to a late February blizzard, Natalia Berrios tutored students in reading across six different states and taught English as a second language classes online, all while she kept…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (962+ words) Discontinued federal grant funding for expanding social services and improving student attendance in more than a dozen Illinois school districts will be partially reinstated'but a messy legal battle over tens of millions more grant dollars nationwide is far from over....

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (510+ words) Schools are now among the top targets for cyberattacks in the United States. Last year, attacks against K-12 schools made up 74% of all cyberattacks against educational institutions, according to a report by Comparitech, a UK-based technology research firm. Schools are rich…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (665+ words) It takes a village to prepare students for a changing workforce, build civic engagement, and help educators solve big problems. That's the driving idea behind learning ecosystems, place-based strategies that encourage collaboration between schools, employers, and community organizations like libraries,…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (516+ words) When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song "Streets of Minneapolis" on the radio in late January, I had to pull over. He sings about winter on Nicollet Avenue. About a city fighting back against federal occupation. About residents standing against…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (742+ words) When Ben Zulauf started looking for a social studies curriculum just over two years ago, he wasn't quite sure where to begin. Zulauf, the director of literacy and social studies in the Cicero School District 99 outside of Chicago, had used…...