Increasing competition to recruit, hire and sustain talent pools in K-12 districts makes the traditional approach of leaving recruitment to an end of the year-end push insufficient, reports eSchool News. The best recruitment strategy starts
Labels applied to students by teachers—distracted, impulsive, curious, bright, struggling and many more—can from an early age shape how children see themselves and are hard to undo, according to an Education Week article. “I think
If you haven’t been truly bad at something lately and climbed your way to proficiency or mastery, then you are out of touch as an educator, writes Ravi Gupta, founder and former CEO of RePublic
Rick Hess, director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, interviewed Jon Deane, CEO of GreatSchools, in an Education Week article. They discussed GreatSchools partnership with Oklahoma to launch the state’s new School
To crack down on grade inflation, the South Carolina legislature in May passed a law banning minimum grades in K-12 schools, according to an article in The Hechinger Report. The law arrives as questions about
Students who connect to a trusted adult at school were 10% to 20% more likely to take advanced coursework and have slightly higher GPAs on average, according to research by Equal Opportunity Schools and the
For many students, their ride to school is the first structured interaction of the day, and it sets the tone for everything that follows, writes Gladys De Lucio, director of transportation for East Aurora School
Teachers have faced escalating verbal and physical aggression since schools reopened following the pandemic, and a threatening school climate makes it both harder to retain teachers and heightens staff stress and anxiety, according an Education
As the school year begins, the importance of creating a positive classroom culture is essential. Students learn best in environments where they feel safe, valued, challenged, and connected to the adults around them, write Tiffany
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