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New Gaggle White Paper Helps Districts Understand and Support Students Struggling With Mental Health

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To help educators understand and respond to this deepening crisis, Gaggle has published a new white paper titled “ Addressing the Crisis in Student Mental Health: How Districts Can Identify and Support Struggling Students.”. It shares four case studies highlighting different ways of accomplishing this goal.

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How K–12 Schools Can Create Flexible Seating in the Classroom

EdTech Magazine

A flexible classroom is a learning environment that utilizes an “agile physical setup that will accommodate both independent and group work,” according to a CDW white paper on constructing modern classrooms. Currently, few studies have looked deeply into the benefits of flexible classroom design. What Is a Flexible Classroom?

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7 tips and ideas to make the eclipse engaging for students

eSchool News

Here are some tips for making the most out of this rare occasion as you study it with your students. Study the light level As the moon gradually blocks more and more of the sun, you would certainly expect to see an associated change in the light level. You and your students will be very excited during totality and the time just before.

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How our changing world is shifting the way Gen Z is influenced by post-secondary marketing

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Glacier and Academica Group’s annual White Paper Report, ‘State of Advertising to High School Students in 2020′, sheds light on Gen Z’s changing social media habits and how they respond to advertising. This year, TikTok emerged as a widely popular platform globally and also in the study.

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ICE 2019: Physical Arrangement Sets the Tone for K–12 Modern Learning Environments

EdTech Magazine

In a three-year study , researchers at the University of Minnesota were able to determine that students in an active-learning environment performed as well or better than their counterparts studying in a lecture-style format — and did so in a shorter amount of time. Research Supports the Benefits of Modern Learning Environments.

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Making Time for Mindfulness

Digital Promise

A new study suggests that mindfulness education — lessons on techniques to calm the mind and body — can reduce the negative effects of stress and increase students’ ability to stay engaged, helping them stay on track academically and avoid behavior problems. They designed a study focusing on sixth-graders in another Boston-area school.

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Report: Teens feel ‘addicted’ to mobile devices

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A new report reveals that half of teenagers said mobile device addiction impacts their daily lives. The white paper reviews existing studies and research on internet use, technology and addiction, and notes that there is cause for concern around problematic media use, which in extreme cases can have very damaging consequences.