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The Case for Investing in Teacher Agency and Trust: Solving America’s Teacher Shortage Problems
The Case for Investing in Teacher Agency and Trust: Solving America’s Teacher Shortage Problems Providing teachers more control over classroom decisions is more financially effective and efficient than trying to boost teacher salaries by cutting positions and raising...
The Importance of Recess
Tag. Kickball. Four Square. Wall Ball. Double Dutch. Basketball. King of the Hill. Soccer. Sidewalk Chalk … When you think of elementary school kids, you most likely think of them running around outside and playing. Young children have an abundance of energy and...
Counterintuitive Keys to College and Career Readiness
“College and career readiness,” for all students has become a national, state, and district benchmark in recent years and shows no signs of disappearing any time soon. Despite the push from every level of government, there has not been much progress, and I...
Weighted Grades: The Case Against Them
Countless high school students perseverate excessively about their Grade Point Average (GPA). There is no doubt that GPA is one of the most important factors that colleges will consider in admissions and scholarship applications and obsession with GPA has led to...
Understanding and Combatting Suicide Clusters in our Schools
In recent years, suicide has become one of the top five causes of death worldwide for children between the ages of fifteen and nineteen. In many cases, one death by suicide begets another and just this past year school districts in California, Ohio, Arizona, and Utah...
Encouraging a Growth Mindset in the Classroom
If you follow educational trends, you have most likely heard the buzz around teaching a growth mindset as opposed to a fixed mindset. What does that mean? A student with a fixed mindset believes that his or her intelligence is static, while a student with a growth...
Benefits of a STEM Education
Education fads usually change as often as our Midwest weather, but STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) has stuck and appears to be here for the long term. Why does it have legs, and why do we need STEM? Increasingly, technology is becoming a basic skill...
Sleep Deprivation in Teens
Teens need more sleep than any other age group besides newborns, yet they are also the group that is arguably the most sleep deprived. When teens lose sleep, they are at risk of serious, troublesome side effects. Mental Health Issues A study of suburban high school...
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