k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

The schools Lifted and Unstoppable philosophy ensures every girl learns to trust her voice, take risks, and lead with confidence. There’s a hum of excitement, the kind that comes when learning feels more like discovery than obligation. The recently reimagined Learning Commons is a perfect example. Its lively. Its hands-on.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2021

After more than a year of teaching under quarantine, school districts have big plans for summer learning. billion allocated specifically to address learning loss, district leaders are coming up with programs that far exceed the dull image of traditional summer schooling. We call it a summer of learning and joy.

Art 211

Art Learning Counselling Culture 211

eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2024

So far, discussions have been dominated by UNESCO’s recent counsel calling on schools to ban mobile phones. This call for a blanket ban on phones in the classroom ignores the fact that, for Gen-Z students, tech is a key part of their learning experience. This has been known for many years now.

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Teaching Methods Teaching Counselling Learning Outcomes 311

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2023

Alyssa Parks first made an appointment at the counseling center at Marshall University thanks to her roommate. There is a stigma about that topic, and I think it’s getting better, but sometimes it’s nerve-wracking if you’ve never been to the counseling center.” Alyssa Parks. Photo courtesy of WVHEPC.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2024

Well-being resources : Encourage self-care by providing resources such as access to counseling services, wellness programs, or relaxation spaces within the school. Interactive projects : Implement projects that allow students to apply what they have learned in a real-world context. Consider organizing wellness days or retreats.

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Achievement Schools Counselling Feedback 291

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

As educators, what is our role in terms of providing objective counsel regarding news sources, viewpoints and truth during an election cycle? My most successful class discussions occur organically when I throw out a topic and let the students participate without my intervention. Is too much information a bad thing?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2020

When students participating in focus groups are asked if they have ever considered dropping out of college, many say they have. The counseling. And when they are asked what helped them stay, student answers, almost without exception, are about relationships. Come see me.’. The advisor really is the one who checks on me.” Your teachers.

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eSchool News

JUNE 21, 2023

Creation of a positive and inclusive learning environment that embraces diversity and fosters student success. Darlene Goff of Chester County Schools uses data to transform educational experiences for students Darlene Goff of Chester County Schools in Henderson, Tennessee, has been counseling students for over 21 years.

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2020

But while participating in a ride-along one day, he had an epiphany. EdSurge spoke with Kieschnick to learn about the issues he sees in schools today and hear how he aims to get to the heart of what really works in education. It’s about the return to teaching and learning. You’re a proponent of school transformation.

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Teaching Blended Learning Coaching Learning 191

eSchool News

MAY 26, 2017

The students can learn to identify these different elements and then attempt to replicate them with instruments. Witschey added that the students should also be learning everyday skills like how to stay active and healthy. She also uses instrument playing to teach elements of music like tempo, dynamics, pitch, tonality and mood.

Art 263

Art Counselling Students Disabilities 263

eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2018

In the last five years, according to Amelia Vance, director of education privacy & policy counsel at the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), over 600 bills on the topic have been introduced and 125 new laws have passed in about 40 states. Student data privacy is a hot-button issue. Educate yourself. “I

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Students Counselling Participation Accessibility 265

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Schonert-Reichl has begun her tenure as the next NoVo Foundation Endowed Chair of Social and Emotional Learning in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Together, we can continue to bring social and emotional learning programs and methods to schools and districts across the U.S.,

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Student agency, which we might loosely define as students’ ability to influence their own learning, undoubtedly plays a critical role in education. Shifting to an approach where each student directs their own learning — rather than the traditional teacher-led approach — does not happen overnight.

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Blended Learning Students Counselling Feedback 275

Faculty Focus

MAY 22, 2025

While staff in student affairs and counseling centers are often trained in mental health response and early intervention, faculty are frequently left out of these critical conversations. Rather, learning how to refer students is vital. Yet despite these growing concerns, faculty remain largely underprepared to intervene effectively.

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Counselling Students Culture Knowledge 53

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

That didn’t stop Bryan Short, who was a student at the University of British Columbia in 2016 when he got curious to know what information the learning management system at his university had collected on him and how it was being used. Learn more here. And what he found—that is, once he got a hold of it—left him feeling pretty uneasy.

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Instructors Learning Counselling Accessibility 166

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

But when one of her professors announced an opportunity for students to participate in a research internship to study young people’s well-being and civic engagement in the Coachella Valley, her interest was piqued. She first got involved as a student at Oxnard College by participating in research ethics training. She signed up. “Me

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Students Counselling Participation Ethics 203

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

The Learning Counsel released the results of its third annual Survey of school and district digital curriculum strategy and transformation, sponsored by Ruckus Wireless. 56 percent of respondents say teachers already use 50-75 percent paid resources over free open-education resources for their digital learning objects.

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Curriculum Counselling Textbooks Evaluation 136

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2020

Each six-to-nine-month experience combines virtual instruction, in fields such as data science and software engineering, with personalized mentorship and project-based learning opportunities. So far, out of about 5,000 participants, Springboard says it has issued about a dozen refunds. The company guarantees graduates in the U.S.

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Counselling Participation Skills Knowledge 174

Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2025

During one study where participants were asked to complete a puzzle, Marciano says only those who left their phones in a different room were able to focus on the task at hand. The fast-paced content ecosystem on social media can likewise affect how students learn and retain information. Where is this coming from? Who's the author?

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Attention Schools Learning Middle School 178

eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A report by the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab compared outcomes for students at schools participating in the program — about two dozen elementary and high schools, most of them on the city’s West and South sides — and for those at a control group of schools with similar demographics.

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Schools Students Counselling Study 312

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Twice a week, Rofiat Olasunkanmi, 22, heads back to Brooklyn to her alma mater, Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School. Counseling Students to Submit Applications Dorma Lozada, a senior at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, recalls going through the college application process herself a few years ago.

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Counselling Essay Students Study 210

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The first thing I noticed when we returned to school after remote learning was that my conversations with teachers got real deep real fast. Throughout the 2020-21 academic year, the instructional support team at my school site offered regular professional learning sessions twice a week.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2023

The startup company provides telehealth counseling to middle and high school students through school districts. Their emotions aren’t a problem, [but they] need to learn coping skills so their symptoms are improved. Lemieux says the YMCA is working to add social-emotional learning to its after-school program curriculum.

Counselling 148

Counselling Schools Attention Elementary School 148

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. We headed into a fourth year of learning in the pandemic’s shadow. This year’s 5th most-read story focuses on expert predictions for edtech.

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Learning Coaching Reading Science 177

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2023

That’s why he decided to spend his summer learning about careers in the mental health field. Studies have shown that counseling and therapy are more effective when providers share a cultural understanding with patients. The academy is free, and students can even earn up to $2,000 by participating.

Counselling 148

Counselling Culture STEM High School 148

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The college counseling company at the heart of the “Varsity Blues” cheating scandal did more than just help students get into college through fraudulent means. It also had its employees pose as students to take online courses for them once they were enrolled, to make sure they passed.

Counselling 148

Counselling Plagiarism Exams Study 148

Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

Would you emphasize a supportive learning environment, cognitive and affective learning, pedagogical design, essential content, creating assessments, providing feedback, integrating technology, or something different? This convergence of theory and teaching practice offers one perspective for creating an optimal learning experience.

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Counselling Learning Lecturing Knowledge 86

Faculty Focus

JUNE 2, 2024

Those who participate in fully online courses, particularly asynchronous ones, may feel isolated from their instructor, their peers, and the university as a whole. Does everything work together to achieve the stated learning objectives of the course? Mental i llness.

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Syllabus Course Design Learning Students 131

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2022

Surging Mental Health Needs Student mental health was especially vulnerable under the pandemic because remote learning hindered traditional school-based services, says Allison Becwar, chief program officer of youth-focused community organization, Lincoln Families. Everyone is going to need a different level [of support],” she says.

Counselling 168

Counselling Art Schools Elementary School 168

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Student agency, which we might loosely define as students’ ability to influence their own learning, undoubtedly plays a critical role in education. Shifting to an approach where each student directs their own learning — rather than the traditional teacher-led approach — does not happen overnight.

Blended Learning 201

Blended Learning Students Counselling Feedback 201

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The students just rose to the occasion of learning about themselves.” Each year, from K-8, the program exposes students to a range of careers, providing opportunities to explore through hands-on learning, meeting people who work in the field and eventually practicing skills related to each profession. It’s a passion of mine.

Counselling 215

Counselling Middle School Middle School Testing 215

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. We’re headed into a fourth year of learning in the pandemic’s shadow.

Coaching 337

Coaching Special Education Disabilities Communication 337

Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2021

At College Achieve Public Schools in New Jersey, a public charter school network that serves mostly students of color who fall below the poverty line, we know that if parents aren’t enthusiastic, engaged participants in their school community, they are far less likely to achieve their goals of sending children to and through college.

Counselling 154

Counselling Beliefs Schools Participation 154

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2024

Programs at member colleges include hosting summer learning opportunities and on-campus recruitment events for high schoolers, sending more admissions staff out to high schools in small towns, and tapping current college students to serve as peer mentors to freshmen arriving from places with sparse populations or low density.

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Students High School High School Counselling 209

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2019

Regrettably, these innovations repeat the mistakes of the traditional learning ecosystem: They are designed to serve those already poised to succeed in the workplace, rather than fulfilling the democratic ideal of education to connect all Americans to economic opportunity and prosperity. to date, serving 100,000 adults annually nationwide.

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Counselling Participation Skills High School 137

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

School counseling departments are often understaffed, so school counselors need help with providing immediate or ongoing mental health care to students. Students will participate in weekly 45-minute video therapy sessions for as long as their treatment plan states is necessary. That’s why we’ve launched Gaggle Therapy.”.

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Counselling Intelligence Communication Skills 133

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2023

Inside the spacious facility, students learn more than just how to throw a jab or perform pushups and plank exercises. Early on, Christian says, he was a little reserved and shy, but participating at the gym helped improve his communication skills. Just ask Christian, a sixth grader who attends the local charter school Detroit Prep.

Schools 174

Schools Instructors Participation Accessibility 174