The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 10-year data summary trend report notes that 40% of high school students experienced persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness; 20% seriously considered attempting suicide; and almost 10%
Educators and public officials across Baltimore City and Maryland know that kids chronically missing school is a problem. The hard part is coming up with a solution, according to a series of stories on the
Innovative schools share several common themes, according to recent research by the Center on Reinventing Public Education and Transcend and reported in K-12 Dive. These schools: Anticipate challenges Maintain consistent school-wide practices Use evidence-based practices
eSchool News offers six ways to encourage students to consider careers in teaching, a long-term answer to the K-12 teacher shortage: 1) Offer a career and technical education (CTE) program of study. This is a
One in 10 public school students in the United States is classified as an English learner, according to an article in The 74. Still, many educators feel underprepared to support language-diverse classrooms effectively. Here is
When Michele Hillen-Noufer started NorCal Arts, a Sacramento-based arts education organization in 2020, she was hoping to bring theatre’s transformative emotional power to young people, according to an article in EdSource. The organization works with about
More than half of the 500 educators surveyed by the Project for Adolescent Literacy (PAL) say middle and high schools lack sufficient time and resources for effective reading interventions, according to an Education Slice brief.
“Looking at schools across the country, I see continued challenges to the mental health and well-being of many students and school staff, exacerbated by educators’ worries about ‘saying the wrong thing’ or using the ‘wrong’
Chronic absenteeism among students significantly affects teacher morale, according to a recent study published in Education Researcher and reported in Education Slice. Chronic absenteeism increased from 15% before 2020 to 28% in 2023. Michael Gottfried, a
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