Part 2
By Erin Browder, Transformation Facilitator, and Lara Kain, Senior Director, Transform Schools, LAEP Part 2: Creating Trauma Informed Classrooms In October a video showing a senior deputy yank a...
View ArticleFunding Opportunities (America's Promise Alliance)
(Source: America's Promise Alliance) The following grants and funding opportunities are currently accepting applicants. These grants are not offered through America's Promise Alliance, but they each...
View ArticleUM High School Enjoys Rapid Growth, Earns Continued Accreditation (The...
(Source: The University of Mississippi) Not all students graduating this spring from the University of Mississippi High School were able to attend a physical graduation ceremony, but several traveled...
View ArticleClarett's message to Prospect students: Read! (Mansfield City School District)
(Source: Mansfield City School District) F ormer Ohio State football All-American Maurice Clarett is joined by Prospect Elementary School Principal Kirsten DeVito and a dozen second- and third-grade...
View ArticleBrown: It's never too early for Letters to Santa
Follow @MarkBrownCST School children across Chicago might have found it somewhat odd in mid-October when their teachers assigned them to write letters to Santa. Eight-year-old Aide Arambula certainly...
View ArticleLook Forward In College Application Essays
Many high school seniors are busy writing college application essays. Through these essays, seniors can share unique stories that help admissions officers picture them on their campuses. Yet many...
View ArticleVolunteers for Vets (California Institute of Technology)
(Source: California Institute of Technology) For the last three years, Caltech students and staff have been lending a hand at Pasadena City College, providing free tutoring and mentoring to some of the...
View ArticleUW-Eau Claire freshmen named National Merit Scholars (University of Wisconsin...
(Source: University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire) Five of the approximately 2,300 new freshmen enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire this fall have been named National Merit Scholars. Rebecca...
View ArticleAT&T support benefits high school, SIU students (Southern Illinois University...
(Source: Southern Illinois University System) AT&T contribution assists rising scholars -- Jim Maurer, AT&T Illinois vice president, external affairs, discusses a $75,000 contribution to assist...
View ArticleOttawa board may rework early immersion, make all kindergartens bilingual
French immersion schooling for children is wildly popular in Ottawa, a government and tourist town where bilingualism can be key to finding a job. So it’s not surprising that a proposal by Ottawa’s...
View ArticleDEANNA FRASER — balancing work and play
DEANNA Fraser, who plans to be a future robotics engineer, has a passion for maths and the sciences. But the Campion College first former isn't all about academics; she has plans to dance, play...
View ArticleThe New 4.0 GPA
(Some of our fantastic 2015 summer interns) If you want a great job after you graduate, stop stressing about your GPA, and start looking for an internship. Studies by Forbes, US News & World Report...
View ArticleBlack, Latino Students Continue to Fall Behind White, Asian Counterparts
Elizabeth Lee LOS ANGELES— White and Asian students in the United States continue to out perform their black and Latino counterparts nationwide, according to the U.S. Department of Education's 2015...
View ArticleA Different Type of Educator
While all of us are familiar with the standard Hollywood formula movie about a teacher going into a downtrodden urban high school to turn it around (think Morgan Freeman, Michelle Pfeiffer, even Jim...
View ArticleSyracuse's Dr. King school is first to move toward year-round schedule
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Dr. King Elementary School plans to use a $2 million grant to move toward a year-round schedule, Syracuse district officials said. Dr. King, a "struggling school" on the South Side of...
View ArticleEngaging Families from the Classroom Out (California School Boards Association)
(Source: California School Boards Association) By Teneh Weller I remember being a new 5th grade teacher, full of excitement and hope. I had the opportunity, in some small way, to change the world. I...
View ArticleSix questions for 2016 Teacher of the Year Scott Slechta (Iowa Department of...
(Source: Iowa Department of Education) Scott Slechta has taught for 35 years – 31 of them at Fairfield High School. An Iowa native, Slechta was drawn to education early on. Indeed, if you look at his...
View ArticleSolace for MGU’s off-campus students
About 9,000 students in the closed down off-campus centres of Mahatma Gandhi University have something to cheer about. The varsity is ready to offer them another chance to pursue their courses by...
View ArticleQ-and-A with 2016 Teacher of the Year’s Scott Slechta (Iowa Department of...
(Source: Iowa Department of Education) Scott Slechta has taught for 35 years – 31 of them at Fairfield High School. An Iowa native, Slechta was drawn to education early on. Indeed, if you look at his...
View Article5 SDSU students awarded national power scholarships (South Dakota State...
(Source: South Dakota State University) Friday, November 06, 2015 Three-time recipient Tyler Fletcher heads a group of five SDSU electrical engineering majors to receive a major national scholarship...
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