How schools fail at keeping children safe
Tim Goral

A new study looks at ways to prevent school casualties when natural disasters strike. Lori Peek, the director of the Natural Hazards Center and a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder, co-authored Children of Katrina. She most recently helped write FEMA guidelines for protecting schools against natural hazards. Read more>>

Sponsored by Education.com

Schools are saving money and teachers are saving time with online supplemental resources. Additionally, teacher buy-in is necessary for new curriculum—if they don’t like it, they won’t use it. Learn more about this trending website that accomplishes these goals and bridges this gap for administrators and teachers. Read more>>

Empowering teacher leaders to drive improvement
The Salt Lake Tribune

Imagine the impact of empowered teacher leaders—expert classroom teachers filling additional leadership roles in support of local school needs during the day. These could be hybrid positions where teachers both teach and have dedicated time to mentor new teachers, to peer coach experienced teachers or to analyze school data. Read more>>

Sponsored by Microsoft Education

By the time kindergartners of today become the graduates of 2030, the world will be vastly different from anything previous generations have experienced. Technology can help teachers and schools prepare their students for successful personal and professional lives. Learn how your school can support life-ready learning. Read more>>

Is summer breaking America's schools?
U.S. News & World Report

A growing body of scholarship shows that the weeks students have off school in the summer months hamper student learning across the board, and exacerbates the divide between the haves and have nots in the nation's schools. Read more>>

Should taxpayers and schools invest in ‘growth mindset’ programs?
The Hechinger Report

Growth mindset could turn out to be one of many tools that can help kids. We don’t necessarily need to discard it. We just need to put it in context and use it to help the kids for whom it seems to work once we figure out who those kids are. Read more>>

Students need more education on college costs and handling them
The Press of Atlantic City

Heading to college can be a daunting experience. Worries about picking a major, about being academically ready and about moving away from the security of home are natural. But, unfortunately, adding to the stress is a lack of knowledge among young adults about what college will cost and how it will be paid for. Read more>>
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