eSchool News

MAY 10, 2022

We assembled an advisory team of teachers who helped aggregate resources about mindfulness, kindness, and other core topics. We were introduced to 7 Mindsets by one of our district’s former middle school counselors and, after our counseling team checked out the SEL platform, we convinced our central office that our high school needed it.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2024

Key points: Light-touch, low-cost interventions focused on attendance can pay dividends Student success is impacted by issues outside of school, survey finds How bullying contributes to K-12 student absenteeism For more news on student success, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub One surefire way to support student success?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2023

As a school counselor, I spend my days serving 835 middle school students in a rural district in Livingston, California. My days involve a combination of classroom counseling, meeting students in small groups and one-on-one sessions and consulting with staff and caregivers.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Known as a world-renowned expert in SEL, Dr. Schonert-Reichl was a Professor in the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, and Special Education in the Faculty of Education at University of British Columbia (UBC) from 1991 to 2020.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

On the opposite end of the Lone Star State in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Principal Anabel Ibarra likewise developed a plan for culture change at Bowie Middle School. This year, students are grouped together based on math proficiency, though Cub Connection teachers focus on homework help for a different subject each day of the week.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2020

IUSD is partnering with Care Solace to support its mission of providing school-based mental health and wellness services and resources to students and families. Since becoming a school district in 1972, IUSD schools have been nationally recognized for comprehensive programs in academics, the arts and athletics.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Vidalia City Schools selected Fuel Education because of their proven ability to partner with schools to help them effectively launch, grow, manage, teach, and support successful online learning programs,” said Randy Rodgers, Director of Virtual Education for Vidalia Academy. “As

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This opportunity allows me to learn from other district leaders while supporting teachers using student data and two-way communication tools to drive student success,” said Rachel Blackwell, Digital Learning Facilitator for Pulaski County Special School District. Johnny is married to Chistina (14 years) and father to Giannis.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Celina Pierrottet remembers 2016 as the year when she and her colleagues at the middle school where they taught noted a pointed change among their students. “We That year we had a lot of kids who were displaying some sort of school avoidance and other behaviors that we hadn't quite seen as much. Pierrottet recalls.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

There are guidelines, of course, but no scripts, and teachers have wide latitude in determining how to weave career education into their classes. In high school, he reasoned, students might take vocational training courses, intern at local businesses or meet with guidance counselors to discuss their future. That’s by design.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

We will see a shift in priorities for school leaders with a focus on protecting against further learning loss – the projects they invest in should help reach this outcome long-term. Teachers, parents, counselors, administrators, coaches, and other loved ones have faced an unprecedented challenge in this regard.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2019

I welcome students into the building with an optimistic smile on my face while teachers give an endless supply of high fives, and students yawn and find a corner to sit with their friends. I was originally hired in 2015, to support the only counselor at our school, which served 500 students at the time. It’s 7:30 a.m.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2022

I recently asked a teacher friend how the school year was going. A poll of 27 teachers at a keynote event in 2021; courtesy of Stephanie Malia Krauss.A poll of 32 teachers and school counselors at a book study event in 2022; courtesy of Stephanie Malia Krauss.

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Cal Matters

MAY 14, 2025

In summary The San Jose Evergreen Community College District offers a course at a local middle school, and plans to offer more in the future. the regular school day at August Boeger Middle School had already ended, but one class is about to start. The college faculty union worries that the students are too young.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2023

One challenge that students face as they advance through grades is that, as they get older, they get less individualized attention from adults at school, she explains. The startup company provides telehealth counseling to middle and high school students through school districts.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2019

But Luz doesn’t get in fights anymore—not since the one she was involved in at the beginning of the school year, which she says was her last. At most schools, when kids do something suspension-worthy, you take away support,” says Reece Hartle, the middle school principal at Austin Achieve. “At

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2023

Witchet is now a pre-kindergarten teacher and recently wrapped up his master’s degree in education leadership. Timothy Witchet, pre-kindergarten teacher and former Big Brothers Big Sisters "little brother" Early in their relationship, Dennison says Witchet was a strong math student but needed help with reading.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2020

Other speakers included Melissa Dodd, the chief technology officer for San Francisco Unified, and Diana Neebe, director of teacher development at Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton, Calif. At the teacher level, I’ve been talking with colleagues all day for the last few days about: What am I actually going to translate online?

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

After a chance meeting with Rob Warren of Curriculum Associates, Ray, the founder of the consultancy K20Connect and former executive director of learning technology for Nashville public schools, took him along to visit Stratford STEM Magnet School Lower Campus, a middle school in Nashville that was failing at the time.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2022

Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in Uvalde, Texas, and 17 more wounded, in the sanctuary of an elementary school. A natural human reaction is to defend, to protect and to guard—which translates into “hardening” schools. School safety is a complex and emotional societal issue.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

He took the self-regulation and resilience framework and adopted it at a school-wide level. As classroom teachers led classrooms through turn-key lessons and helped students apply what they learned to their goals and challenges, Jim took it even further by having assemblies to showcase the learnings happening in each classroom.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2023

But it began in middle school, around the seventh grade. Bradley would miss school here and there, but the growing tally of absences worried his mom. There were some great teachers who could connect with him, she recalls, but overall it was a losing struggle. In the long run, though, making a change paid off.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

But these hierarchies affect students belief systems and also tend to lower teachers expectations of students labeled worse at math, Nguyen says. The Board of Supervisors voted to bring back middle-school algebra, and a city ballot measure to reinstate eighth-grade algebra passed with about 82 percent of the vote.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

A look at EduRev’s paid service Name: Modern Village HQ: Seattle Founded: 2019 For $30 a month, parents receive access to this startup’s scheduling app to help manage childcare, meals, sitters, teachers and chores, among other caregivers and tasks. The app covers subjects that range from science to social studies to economics.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

We must find and support high-quality teachers so we can help them bring engaging content to students to help them see their pathway into these ever-growing sectors of the U.S. This helps our teachers strengthen their practices and participate in ongoing, reflective coaching at their own pace. This year at St.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2016

Teachers write blogs about the pros and cons about teaching CS and engineering. Many of them would enjoy the creative problem-solving of engineering—and they won’t know unless they choose, enjoy, and stay involved in engineering coursework during middle and high school. That’s the teacher’s job. Send personal notes.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

STEM mentors can help young girls understand that—even if they’re not being encouraged by their parents, friends or teachers to explore engineering and science—someone who is like them is already out there doing it successfully. By leading through example and sending early signals that success is possible.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 4, 2025

Its one of the reasons why high school (and increasingly middle school!) Use these meaningful career exploration activities for high school students to help students discover their interests, skills, and passions. But whether they have an answer is a different story! In this activity, its possible!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

We will see a shift in priorities for school leaders with a focus on protecting against further learning loss – the projects they invest in should help reach this outcome long-term. Teachers, parents, counselors, administrators, coaches, and other loved ones have faced an unprecedented challenge in this regard. public schools.

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Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2017

“Our focus was on students who had fallen through the cracks somewhat and did not have a clear path in place after graduating from high school,” he says. Stallworth applied to the program after being selected as a promising candidate by her teachers. That effort goes even further back than high school, though.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

Recently, EdSurge spoke with Jody O’Brien , assistant superintendent of student services and equity at Marlborough Public Schools , Massachusetts, about her district's approach to chronic absenteeism. Even though the attendance rate as a whole could seem good, too many students miss more than 10 percent of school days.

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EAB

MAY 8, 2023

Connected to peers and adults: 41% of high school students say the events of the past two years have made them feel less connected to peers and teachers. Engaged in their school community: Only 49% of high school students feel part of their school community.

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 26, 2025

Learning Environment Traditional Schools: Students attend classes in a physical building, interacting face-to-face with teachers and peers. Online Schools: Classes are conducted virtually, often through a combination of live (synchronous) sessions and self-paced (asynchronous) modules. Here are some factors to consider: 1.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2024

For nine years he’s been the principal of Petoskey Middle School, a school of about 570 students, 42% of whom come from low-income homes. But middle school has always been a tumultuous time. You try to counsel them as best as you can and then provide some kind of disciplinary action.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

But we see a lot of programs also that are starting early, as early as in middle school or in ninth grade, to provide additional support to students to help them even before they're thinking about where to apply to college to build the skills necessary to be strong applicants. And so if you reached out to a teacher to say.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2024

Every week, a student may interact with dozens of adults in their school, from counselors to custodians, bus drivers to paraprofessionals, food service workers to school nurses. These individuals are integral to a school community but rarely as visible as, say, teachers and principals. What brought you to this role?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Students have always needed counseling services that go well beyond the college and career development that has become standard fare in American high schools. Across the country, districts small and large are working to bring that ratio down and to bolster their counseling and support services for students.

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