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US payrolls add 1.4 million jobs; unemployment rate drops to 8.4%
Seth Sandronsky Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementEmployers added 1.4 million nonfarm new hires in August, down from the creation of 1.8 million jobs in July, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. August’s rate of unemployment fell to 8.4% from July’s 10.2%. Driving such improvements were economic reopening and Census 2020 hiring. The number of unemployed workers on temporary layoff dropped to 6.2 million in August compared with July’s 9.2 million, according to the BLS.
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Will there be teachers’ strikes over classroom teaching this fall?
Patrick Gleeson EducationAs schools have been reopening the past few weeks, I've been following teachers’ responses to classroom vs. online teaching. There seems to be growing unease among teachers about opening classrooms in the midst of the coronavirus. But education authorities — certainly the federal government, but also many state and city governments — have not shown the same reluctance.
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Adapting tried-and-true instructional strategies for emergent bilinguals…
Erick Herrmann EducationMany, many schools have started the new school year with a major shift in instruction. As teachers return to working with emergent bilinguals and English learners, teachers are having to reexamine the tried-and-true strategies they have used to build language instruction and practice into the curriculum across all of the content areas. The strategies we are used to using cannot function the way they did in the past.
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What is social capital, and how can educators help students build it?
Sheilamary Koch EducationBefore summer break ended, my 15-year-old daughter wrote up eight burning questions, donned a mask and met with a local architect for her first informational interview. The answers to most of her questions could’ve been found online. Yet like the high school guidance counselors who introduced me to informational interviewing years ago, I understand that making connections with professionals in her area of interest is at least as important as getting questions answered. That day she took a step in building her social capital.
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How school resource officers can help ensure student safety during the…
Amanda Kowalski EducationSchool resource officers are often the calm in the middle of daily educational chaos. During a worldwide pandemic, these officers’ jobs have changed dramatically, but they can still bring some sense of normalcy to their students and school staff while fighting crime and COVID-19 — in new ways.
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Cyberbullying in higher education: Causes, implications, and preventive…
Sangeeta Johri EducationThe latest developments in technology have changed the practices, boundaries, contexts, and time frames of bullying. This transformation has not only changed the nature of bullying, but also helped rename the term as electronic bullying or cyberbullying. There are several types of cyberbullying activities that are popular on the internet, and cyberbullying incidences are becoming common in higher education settings.
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Study: Back-to-school strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareOne of the most debated and important issues concerning COVID-19 is the reopening of schools. A recent study shows that children carry high levels of the virus even without falling ill, which may impact the spread of the virus to others, especially those at high risk. One important strategy that school administrators can consider about opening schools is cohorting or forming pods, in which groups of students and sometimes teachers or staff stay together throughout the school day to minimize exposure.
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Infographic: Reevaluating screen time in an age of social distancing
Maggie Kimberl EducationFor years we've heard that screen time is toxic to kids and we should curtail it as much as possible. To that point, 85% of parents worry about how much time their kids spend online and more than half think their children may be addicted to screens by the end of the coronavirus pandemic. But now it seems that screen time may be more about quality than quantity. Find out more with this infographic.
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A new look at math in the classroom
Brian Stack EducationBe honest with yourself. How many of you remember how to factor a polynomial? How many of you have found a use for this skill in the real world? Am I being a little snarky right now? Perhaps. But as a former high school math teacher myself, I'm worried that the profession is doing a disservice to millions of students who are not making the deep connections with math in the same way that they do with other content areas.
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Infographic: The challenge of remote networking for college students
Maggie Kimberl EducationEighty-eight percent of professionals consider networking to be critical to a thriving career. But currently, 69% of college students no longer have regular access to their classmates, friends, and network due to the pandemic. What are some ways college students can keep in contact digitally? Find out more with this infographic.
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