This is an edition of our Future of Learning newsletter. Sign up today to get it delivered straight to your inbox. I’ve heard often in my reporting on rural education about the importance of school districts collaborating with one another to help more kids succeed after high school. So when my colleague Neal Morton had…
Key points: Focusing on attendance teaches students that being present matters 3 tips to combat chronic absenteeism in high schools How bullying contributes to K-12 student absenteeism For more news on school attendance, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub In the landscape of K-12 education, attendance has long been viewed as a logistical issue–a checkbox to…
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By Shannon King, Ph.D. Accountability is crucial in education. As educational leaders, we must ensure students meet high learning standards. However, our single-minded focus on standardized testing is extinguishing the joy of learning for many students. Now, imagine an education system where accountability and joy go hand in hand. As educational leaders, we have the…
Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here): White House announces new money to fight lead contamination in school water https://t.co/YCQOBbbbJV — Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 22, 2024 Why Tim Walz’s line about school…
I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 25,000 resources there that I haven’t shared on this blog. I thought readers might find it useful if I began sharing a handful of my most recent “pins” each week (I’m not sure if you can see them through an RSS Reader – you might have to click…
Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON INSTRUCTION IN 2022 – PART ONE. Here are this week’s picks: Centering a graphic novel, giving students a chance…
Recently, when discussing a parent’s concerns about his son’s stimming. Stimming, which is short for self-stimulatory behavior, refers to repetitive body movements or sounds, such as hand-flapping or other repetitive hand movements, rocking, tapping, spinning, or vocalizations, such as humming or repetitive sounds or phrases. What is stimming? Stimming is a common action exhibited in…
Wayne, Pa. and Bloomington, Minn. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Frontline Education, a leading provider of administration software purpose-built for educators in K-12, and Vanco, a leading fintech provider of integrated software and payment technology for over 3,000 K-12 schools and districts, today announced the expansion of their partnership. Building on the successful collaboration announced last year,…
When Head Start was established in 1965, it was meant to boost outcomes for children from low-income families by offering high-quality early learning and wraparound services, like dentalcare and mental health support. Fifty-nine years later, funding has increased for the program—from about$96 million in the 1960s (about $959 million in today’s dollars) to nearly $12…