EdSurge

Experts argue that relationships are the key to pulling students back into the classroom, a crucial feat if they are going to limit the long-term consequences of school closures during the pandemic. But how does missing so much school influence those relationships? Absences may threaten to push students into bad academic patterns early on, with potentially lifelong consequences. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eE2HyKJ8 #Learning #StudentPerformance #School

‘As a young Black queer woman in school leadership, embracing vulnerability has felt frightening at times,' writes a principal of an all-girls elementary school. Identity exploration is a key element of childhood and adolescence and working with young people requires us to support it. How can we create an environment that embraces diversity and difference? Read more: https://lnkd.in/eS4gCSQq #SchoolLeadership #Identity #Diversity

Recently, the nation’s second-largest public school system, Los Angeles Unified School District, voted to ban smartphones starting in January, citing adverse health risks of social media for kids. Longtime teachers say that while such moves are a step in the right direction, educators need to take a more-active role in countering some negative effects of excessive social media use by students. On the EdSurge Podcast, we explore how teachers can redesign their lessons in the age of social media: https://lnkd.in/gnU-65qt #SocialMedia #PublicSchool #K12Educators

Over the past decade, Career Technical Education schools have transformed into education spaces that commit to giving students a comprehensive experience that prepares them for the workforce. High schools need to be thinking about how to address the disparity between the skills that today’s employers want employees to have and the actual skills they have. By design, CTE programs consider questions that are relevant to this gap. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ecF9sq_j #CTEProgram #HighSchool #Career

High school students are looking at the prospect of college more skeptically, and a large part of their hesitation comes from worry about taking on thousands of dollars in student loans. But do these prices reflect the amount that students actually have to pay? Not likely, based on EdSurge’s number crunching. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dUxXnXFQ #HighSchool #University #CollegeTuition

There are plenty of changes teachers say could help them do their jobs better, such as adequate planning time and support for their well-being. Louisiana’s Department of Education decided to tackle some of these challenges by bringing together a group of teachers to recommend solutions, such as cellphone bans and more pay — and they’re seeing change take shape. Read more: https://lnkd.in/edAKX8Ym #EducationPolicy #Discipline #Teachers

In recent years, our schools have become increasingly aware of the unique needs of military children, whose parents deploy and sometimes spend months and years away from home, moving six to nine times on average in their K-12 education. How can schools better support military children and families? Read more:

The demands placed on teachers are enough to handle; add in the need to make students of color feel safe with white educators, and the responsibility to balance both can become overwhelming. That has been the experience of EdSurge Voices of Change fellow Fatema Elbakoury. As she states in her essay, “I want white teachers to treat me as a human being and to remember that I am just as tired as they are, if not more.” To help teachers of color thrive, Elbakoury asserts that it starts with consent, empathy and humility.

Black families are turning to microschools for “safety." During the pandemic, the number of students struggling climbed, increasing the interest in alternatives to public school. For some Black families, interest shot up due to the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. Some families, particularly ones whose children need learning accommodations, also feel like those students are being pushed out. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eAc-eFXM #Microschools #Homeschooling #DiversityandEquity

For the last year, EdSurge has been showcasing students enrolled in teacher preparation programs to understand who is going into teaching today — and why. We interviewed future teachers spanning different geographies, backgrounds, education experiences and motivations, about what drew them into this career path and why they’ve stuck with it. Discover our takeaways from this series, called “America’s Future Teachers,” here: https://lnkd.in/es2CQi7F #TeacherPreparation #Educators #GenZ