Category: Current News

It’s Friday! Time for the News Roundup. Why Schools Are Welcoming Intergenerational Tutoring (Reasons to be Cheerful) Reasons to be Cheerful, an online newsletter started by David Byrne, a founding member of the band Talking Heads, reprinted this article from The 74 online. For those of you looking for what’s good in the world, check…

It’s Friday. Time for the News Roundup. What’s the Secret to a Long, Healthy Life? Staying in School, a Study Finds (EducationWeek) EducationWeek online reported this week that, “Keeping children in school could literally lengthen their lives as adults, according to a massive international research analysis published this week in the journal The Lancet Public…

My apologies for not being able to post articles this week until now. I’ve experienced some technical difficulties with Word Press, but, other than not being able to print a title, it seems like I’ve figure out a way to patch it together. Sorry for loading up your reading list at the end of the…

It’s Friday! Here’s your News Roundup. Schools Don’t Want Kids on Cellphones. Is Banning Them the Solution? (USA Today) Ok, you’re probably thinking “Scott, how many times are you going to report on whether kids should be allowed cellphones in school or not?” And you would be right, this story has probably made more news…

Here’s your first Friday News Roundup for 2024! It Sure Looks Like Phones Are Making Students Dumber (The Atlantic) A few weeks ago The Atlantic reported that, “For the past few years, parents, researchers, and the news media have paid closer attention to the relationship between teenagers’ phone use and their mental health. Researchers such…

It’s Friday. Time for the News Roundup. Six Hidden (and Not-So-Hidden) Factors Driving America’s Student Absenteeism Crisis (The 74) Schools continue to struggle getting kids to show up to their classrooms. The 74 online reported this week, “As schools continue to recover form the pandemic, there’s one troubling COVID symptom they can’t seem to shake:…

It’s Friday, and here’s your News Roundup. Schooling vs. Learning: How Lax Standards Hurt the Lowest-Performing Students (The 74) According to author Chad Aldeman, writing in this week’s The 74 online, “If someone I care about has a piece of food stuck in their teeth, or a tag is sticking out the back of their…

It’s Friday. Time for the News Roundup. ‘I Used to Think School Systems Were Broken’: Educators Reflect (EducationWeek) Recently EducationWeek online printed responses from a group of Harvard University future systems leaders to this prompt – “I Used to Think…and Now I Think…” Richard Elmore, the late Harvard education professor, started this response practice while…

It’s Friday! Time for the Roundup. ‘Time is Running Out’: COVID-19 Set Back Older Students the Most, Study Finds (The 74) According to The 74 online, “Middle- and high-school students, who have the least time to catch up before they leave the K-12 system, may be suffering the most as school emerge from the COVID-19…