Alabama is the only state where 4th grade math scores are higher now than they were in 2019. How are they doing it? While K – 12 learning was remote during the Covid lockdown DeKalb County’s school district reinvented their math program in elementary schools. The plan was to make math more engaging, more relevant […]
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According to research shared in USC Today, digital devices were a greater source of conflict among teens and parents in the U.S. than in Japan: One in three U.S. families reported having an argument every day. And according to the same research, More teens in the U.S. also felt that mobile device use has hurt
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According to 2023 research data from Volgistics, a volunteer management software, kids that volunteer are 25% less likely to experience anxiety and 50% less likely to engage in destructive behaviors like smoking or misusing alcohol. There’s no question, volunteerism translates into mastering important adult life skills. To name a few; Social and Professional Communication Skills
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Do you have, or know of anyone who has, a teen or young adult with special emotional, physical or mental needs or learning differences? The list of adult life skill, not taught in academic curriculum, that teens and young adults need to master is, without question, long. Circumstances at any given moment will dictate which
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I’m not saying there aren’t some specific adult life skills that may be specific to a gender identity or sexual orientation …. But ALL teens and young adults will navigate adult life with greater confidence and less stress by mastering many much-needed everyday adult life skills that are for the most part gender neutral. There
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Victoria Ou and Justin Huang, both 17 years old from Woodland, Texas won $50,000, from the Gordon E. Moore Award for Positive Outcomes for Future Generations. They invented a device that filters microplastics from water. In early research the high schoolers reached out to the EPA and were informed that the EPA does not regulate
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Look at this. These are Dutch children. In school. During school hours. They’re not taking a test. They’re not filling out a worksheet. They’re repairing broken electronics and small machines — hands-on, side by side with adult volunteers — as part of their regular school curriculum. The curriculum kit is currently available in Dutch, English
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YouTube officially introduced new parental controls for supervised teen or child accounts that let parents set a time limit on how much Shorts a kid can watch. Within those controls, parents can set the daily limit to zero, which effectively blocks Shorts entirely for that supervised account if they choose. These features are part of
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*Excerpt from BBC reporting by Features Correspondent Sophie Hardach The U.S Surgeon General has issued an advisory on an epidemic trend of parental burnout. In fact 68% of U.S. parents have experienced some level of burnout, with 40% having experienced serious burnout. Where might we look for a solution and what might it look like?
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When she was 8 years old Persy Arcement, from Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, says bored and isolated. She decided to occupy herself by creating a board game around one of her favorite things…. ice cream. The theme of the game is decorating ice cream cones with topping using dice with a combination of luck and
