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Link between health, school start times is eye-opening
Bob Kowalski EducationStudies have shown that students tend to perform better in school with more sleep. Because of at-home learning during the pandemic, the nation's children invariably caught extra sleep in the morning without having to catch the bus or needing to be ready for school so Mom or Dad could drop them off on the way to work. With so many facets of education changed in the recent past, start time deserves a look.
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How educators can prepare college-bound students for financial aid
Ginger Abbot EducationTeaching financial management and tuition repayment is one of the best things you can do for your college-bound students. Here are some tips on how to teach students financial management, prepare them for loans and educate them on tuition repayment.
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Texas teachers keeping HOPE alive this school year
Brie Ragland EducationTexas teachers share hopeful statements for all those invested in education — teachers, coaches, administrators, aides, mentors, parents and students — in hopes of inspiring a positive year of learning and success. Here’s to a bright school year filled with mutual encouragement of unity, dignity, integrity, growth and education.
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How to increase ESL student retention
Douglas Magrath EducationAn education program must offer more than just grammar and spelling if it wants to retain its ESL (English as a Second Language) students until they test out of ESL and begin their college studies. As ESL teachers, we need to do more than prepare students to pass the TOEFL or other tests. We need to prepare them to contribute to society.
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4 beneficial career moves to make while in college
Indiana Lee EducationCollege is such a profound experience. You learn so much about how to navigate the world and connect with the people around you. More importantly, you learn about yourself and what mark you want to leave on this world. Many college students will find their purpose through the careers they choose. So, while in college, it’s crucial to make moves that benefit your career so you can take full advantage of life after graduation. Here are four beneficial career moves you can make while in college to help prepare you to excel in the workforce.
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Simple ideas to strengthen struggling readers’ achievements
Howard Margolis EducationThough many struggling readers want to succeed in reading, writing and other schoolwork, they don't know how. Many have learned to think they're "stupid" though they're not. Many have abandoned hope of becoming successful readers and writers. Our job, as parents, teachers, support staff and administrators, is to change such mindsets. To do so and to accelerate learning — in reading and writing, as well as math, social studies, and so on — requires us to show readers how to succeed.
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Tips for teaching deaf students: Understanding the hurdles they face
Douglas Magrath EducationThe deaf community faces cultural, learning, emotional and survival hurdles each day. By becoming aware of these hurdles, instructors are more capable to help these deaf learners compete and achieve success.
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Struggling readers: Questions needing answers
Howard Margolis EducationGiven COVID-19's domination of the 2020-2021 academic year and the severe damage it did to the education of countless struggling readers, parents and teachers need to ask critical questions; questions that will help to accelerate the reading and writing achievements of struggling readers. For special education students, it's best to address these questions to the child's Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team.
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Strategies to attract new teachers to schools that need them most
Brian Stack EducationSchool principals from coast to coast are reporting that this year may have been one of the most tumultuous for hiring and staffing. The pandemic disrupted normal staffing patterns for a variety of reasons, including filling the voids left by teachers who needed to take leaves of absences and those who needed to work remotely (which means someone needed to be in the classroom, in person with students). Principals had to get creative on how they would find new teachers.
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Is woodworking becoming more accessible for women?
Sheilamary Koch and Ayla Reguero Koch EducationWoodworking, like many other trades, has stereotypically been practiced by men while women have historically been discouraged from the field by society. Statistics on the construction trades show that in 2020 only 3.2% of carpenters in the United States were women. What happens in schools is part of the problem. Industrial arts teacher Tim Zavacki says students have shared stories of guidance counselors pushing female students towards art classes versus shop, trade or engineering classes.
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