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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

Communicate with parents through tech: Use digital resources (like apps, texts, or social media groups) to keep parents informed about class activities and upcoming assignments.[10]. The good news is this doesn’t mean teachers need to be intimately familiar with every new form of tech or social media platform.

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PROOF POINTS: Why reading comprehension is deteriorating

The Hechinger Report

The number of eighth graders who said they read 30 minutes or more a day, besides homework, declined by 4 percentage points between 2017 and 2019. The percentage of public school students who said they read 30 minutes or more a day, besides homework, declined by 4 percentage points from 53 percent in 2017 to 49 percent in 2019.

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Schools bring mindfulness to the classroom to help kids in the Covid-19 crisis

The Hechinger Report

In late March, Mindful Schools created a free mindfulness series for kids, in response to Covid-19, which was shared 87,000 times on social media, a record for them. 50 percent of students reported worsened mental health during the pandemic according to one survey.

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How Mindfulness During Class Can Help Students and Teachers

MindShift

In late March, Mindful Schools created a free mindfulness series for kids, in response to Covid-19, which was shared 87,000 times on social media, a record for them. Additionally, they offered an online event to address educator burnout and highlight the benefits of self-compassion.

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Global Collaboration Week Begins - Find a Project and Connect!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Global Collaboration Week is a series of free online education events taking place during the week of September 23 - 27, 2019. Students, teachers, and organizations will get online to celebrate global collaboration as back-to-school season begins in the northern hemisphere. This event is brought to you by GlobalEd Events and TakingITGlobal.

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PROOF POINTS: Early data on ‘high-dosage’ tutoring shows schools are sometimes finding it tough to deliver even low doses

The Hechinger Report

In 2019, before the pandemic, 31 percent of Tennessee’s low-income students were reading on a “below basic” level. Tutoring was a big component of the 2001 No Child Left Behind law that aimed to lift the achievement of low-income children. That number grew to 33 percent in 2021 and hit 36 percent in 2022. “I

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Who will Teach the Children?

EdNews Daily

Department of Labor figures, that teachers are quitting their jobs at record rates, since such records began to be kept in 2001. Schargel © School Success Network Press, 2019. The Wall Street Journal reported at the end of 2018, using U.S. Why are teachers, and others in the field, leaving? What grade levels are most affected?

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