September 23, 2019
By: Marie Cini
Source: Education Dive About three in four undergraduate college students are what policy experts refer to as “nontraditional” learners. These are students who attend college later in life, go to school part-time, work full-time while enrolled or are raising children while earning a degree. But from the perspective of university leaders and policymakers, these students […]
September 23, 2019
By: Stephen Sawchuk
Source: Education Week National attention is centering on a Florida school resource officer’s arrest of two young students, including a 6-year-old girl who reportedly kicked another student while having a temper tantrum. The incident occurred at a charter school, the Lucious & Emma Nixon Academy. Officer Dennis Turner, who had reportedly been disciplined for excessive use […]
September 23, 2019
By: Debra West
Source: The 74 It’s not every 13-year-old who knows his purpose in life, but Chase Neyland-Square is that special kind of eighth-grader. “I have a heart for giving,” Chase told Good Morning America. “I just love helping people.” That’s not news to his classmates or teachers at Louisiana’s Port Allen Middle School, where […]
September 19, 2019
By: Emily Tate
Source: EdSurge Students have always needed counseling services that go well beyond the college and career development that has become standard fare in American high schools. But today’s students—who increasingly suffer from depression, anxiety and various social pressures, even at a young age—demand more comprehensive support than ever before. The trouble is, most of them […]
September 18, 2019
By: Shawn De La Rosa
Source: Education Dive Districts nationwide are tackling absenteeism with a variety of innovative tactics. From going door-to-door to talk with students and their families about the importance of going to school, to sending text messages and automated calls, many administrators are getting personal through a technique called “nudging” in particular, District […]
September 18, 2019
By: Linda Jacobson
Source: Education Dive Squeezed between the racks of T-shirts and displays of skateboards, Cole Taylor, a volunteer from the Nike Community Ambassador program, sits down with 8-year-old Daniel Basaldua to practice spelling words and complete math problems. Other boys jump off their boards at the front door of the Garage Board Shop […]
September 18, 2019
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop The U.S. Department of Education is weighing in after confusion forced some students with disabilities to withdraw from or forgo applying to postsecondary programs. The federal agency issued a question-and-answer guide this week specifying that both vocational rehabilitation and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act funds can be used to cover the […]
September 17, 2019
By: Sarah D. Sparks
Source: Education Week Math teacher Veronica Lyon is one of the people who makes support for traumatized students work at Lincoln Middle School in Clarkston, Wash., a rural community on the Idaho border. She was an advocate for distressed students in the early days of the school’s six-year trauma-sensitive schooling initiative, […]
September 17, 2019
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop A new effort launching this week is pairing people on the spectrum with mentors from Cartoon Network Studios. The studio, which produces content for Cartoon Network, said it will team up with Exceptional Minds, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that trains individuals with autism to work in animation, postproduction and […]
September 16, 2019
By: Stephen Noonoo
Source: EdSurge NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — At the start of her introductory chemistry class, rising sophomore Olivia takes out her laptop and begins following along while the teacher in front of her navigates a slideshare presentation. Today’s topic is figuring out how to convert atoms to moles, a measurement of matter used […]