- Cardona Tells Arkansas Teachers Student Debt Relief Meant to ‘Prevent Defaults’U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona told a group of Arkansas educators Tuesday that the goal of the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program “is to prevent defaults.”
- How a St. Louis Nonprofit Guides Kids from Middle School to CollegeOperating out of three Catholic middle schools, Access Academies offers enrichment, counseling, and scholarships to hundreds of disadvantaged kids.
- Investing in Afterschool Programs Can Help Close Stubborn STEM Education GapsHartung & Moritz: Out-of-school STEM programs are essential for setting up students for success — especially girls & other underrepresented groups
- Districts Revamp GradingAs They Revamp Grading, Districts Try to Improve Consistency, Prevent Inflation
- Maryland Public School Review (2024)Maryland is the #25 largest school system in the United States, serving 882,159 students across the 1,419 public schools for the 2024 school year (there are 835 private schools, serving 140,408 students). 86% of all K-12 students in Maryland are educated in public schools (compared to national average of 90%)
- Measuring Youth Development:EmailHow Out-of-School Time Programs Collect and Use Data Alfred R. LaGarde
- The Crisis of Connection for Adolescent Boys: A TAG TalkThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Adolescent Health, in collaboration with the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs and New York University Professor of Developmental Psychology Niobe Way developed a video and two discussion guides about the crisis of connection, its impact on the health and well-being of adolescent boys, and… Read more: The Crisis of Connection for Adolescent Boys: A TAG Talk
- A 100-Year Review of Research on Black FamiliesLessons learned from 100 years of research on Black families
- Effective Math Help is Hard to FindReading Supports Abound in Schools, But Effective Math Help Much Harder to Find
- “13th grade” Alumni Lab transitions youth to careersTheir Post-Grads Got Off Track. Then a Brooklyn High School Launched ’13th Grade’ The Math, Engineering, and Science Academy Charter High School in Brooklyn has pioneered an innovative model through its “13th grade” Alumni Lab, paying participants $500 to engage in a six-week program that supports disconnected and unemployed young adults. With workshops focusing on… Read more: “13th grade” Alumni Lab transitions youth to careers
- Hip Hop Is Saving Teen Lives in MinnesotaBy connecting with at-risk youth through music that is embedded in Twin Cities culture, one high school is getting students to learn — off the streets
- Building Protective Communities for Black Children and FamiliesBuilding Protective Communities for Black Children and Families
- The Effectiveness Of Read 180 In Helping Students Improve Their Reading SkillsThe Effectiveness Of Read 180 In Helping Students Improve Their Reading Skills – September 25, 2022 Samantha Read 180 is a computer-based reading program that uses a series of reading exercises and games to teach phonological skills. The program is designed to improve reading comprehension and fluency, and to help students who are struggling with… Read more: The Effectiveness Of Read 180 In Helping Students Improve Their Reading Skills
- Exercise and the Brain: How Fitness Impacts LearningBeyond the classroom active learning, health and wellness, physical education While attending a three-day special education workshop, the book, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, was recommended to me on the basis that it provides incontrovertible evidence that exercise can help all students—especially special education students—improve in school. At a time when recess and… Read more: Exercise and the Brain: How Fitness Impacts Learning
- HMH’s Math 180 Endorsed by Council of Administrators of Special EducationEmailBOSTON – Learning technology company HMH today announced that Math 180, its intensive math intervention solution, has received an endorsement from the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE). CASE is an international professional organization that provides leadership to advance the field of special education through professional learning, policy and advocacy. Math 180, known for its proven, research-based intervention that… Read more: HMH’s Math 180 Endorsed by Council of Administrators of Special Education
- Healthy Schools Can Create More Racially Equitable CommunitiesEmailHistoric and ongoing inequities in people’s ability to access infrastructure—including differential access to services and supports that advance health outcomes and differential exposure to challenges that threaten well-being—reinforce disparate health and economic outcomes by race. Such inequities begin prenatally and accumulate over the course of a child’s early years and through adolescence. Schools play a critical role… Read more: Healthy Schools Can Create More Racially Equitable Communities
- Independence Day Teaches Us That People MatterJuly 03, 2023 The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important statements on human liberty ever written. Not only did it launch the American Revolution, but it also inspired freedom fighters all around the world. From Frederick Douglass and the struggle against chattel slavery to Winston Churchill and the battle against totalitarianism, the ideas of the Declaration have been… Read more: Independence Day Teaches Us That People Matter
- Lessons From Generation Work on Incorporating Positive Youth Development Into Employment TrainingGeneration Work, an initiative launched by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in 2016, aims to connect more of America’s young adults with meaningful employment by changing the way public and private systems prepare them for jobs. Five Generation Work partner sites—Cleveland, Hartford, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, and Seattle—align education, employment, and support services to help young people… Read more: Lessons From Generation Work on Incorporating Positive Youth Development Into Employment Training
- Advancing Racial Equity in Early Childhood Through Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health ConsultationYoung children, especially those from historically marginalized backgrounds, benefit from high-quality early care and education (ECE) to thrive later in life. This brief explores how Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) can help early childhood programs and professionals advance racial equity in ECE and therefore address early social-emotional and educational disparities. The resource… Read more: Advancing Racial Equity in Early Childhood Through Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
- Summer Activities!Each summer GateWay Second Chance Foundation and the GateWay Boarding Academy (GBA) holds the Earn & Learn pre-apprentice program and the Young Men’s Summer Adventure camp. Both programs are open to students enrolled in GateWay Boarding Academy’s A.S.S.I.S.T. (After School Systematic Instructional Support Time) after school program. Earn & Learn will run from June 20-… Read more: Summer Activities!
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