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What SEL teaches us about safety

eSchool News

According to a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) study , the number of children aged 3 to 17 diagnosed with anxiety increased by 29 percent between 2016 and 2020, while those diagnosed with depression increased by 27 percent. The situation worsened with the pandemic.

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There Are 700K+ Credentials — and Counting. Which Ones Are ‘Quality’?

Edsurge

In 2016, Credential Engine set out to tally all the badges , degrees, certificates, licenses and diplomas available to denote educational attainment. Credential Engine is surveying the landscape first, trying to develop a comprehensive dataset before coming to any particular conclusions. “We They’re still counting.

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How Teachers Can Just Work 40 Hours a Week?

The CoolCatTeacher

You can join now through July 6, 2016. (Will open again December 26 – January 4.). When I asked you about your problems on this year’s reader survey, here was your answer: I’ll keep writing productivity tips for you. There is a group for elementary (K-5) and one for secondary. Attend the free webinars.

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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

Last week I participated in the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2016 conference. The event became much more dramatic than expected, once the hosting city, Washington DC, was clobbered by the great snowpocalyspe of 2016. Discussion went in some interesting angles, such as secondary education.

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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

Edsurge

The nonprofit publisher of K-12 curriculum launched in 2016 expecting an audience for its digital offerings. In a 2018 survey of college students, the trade publication Library Journal found that 75 percent say that reading print books is easier than e-books. Just ask Jessica Reid Sliwerski, CEO of Open Up Resources.

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Pandemic May (Finally) Push Online Education Into Teacher Prep Programs

Edsurge

A 2016 survey of such programs found that only about 4 percent of respondents offered field experiences such as student teaching in K-12 online settings. A Foundation of Research You wouldn’t necessarily know it from the pandemic-era panic, but online education for elementary and secondary schools is not new.

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Women’s History Month should have a place for teachers

The Hechinger Report

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Yet, according to a 2016 press release from the U.S. Women’s work in general is undervalued.”.