LEF4 days ago1 minCapitol Riot Becomes Civics Lessons in SchoolsFROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. At the start of class, Logan Ridenour reminded the high school juniors of the ground rules for discussing t...
LEF6 days ago1 minTHE MOVEMENT TO MODERNIZE MATH CLASSBY YOREE KOH, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. ‘Freakonomics’ co-author Steven Levitt and other reformers are pushing for more equitable curricul...
LEFJan 121 minWhy Are We Closing Schools?BY Nina Schwalbe, THE ATLANTIC. Keeping kids out of the classroom will make recovering from the pandemic harder in the long term, while n...
LEFJan 51 minBots Grade Your Kids’ Schoolwork—and They’re Often WrongAuto-grading software often marks answers incorrect when they are right, giving teachers and families more remote-school headaches By Jul...
LEFDec 18, 20203 minHow to Help Kids Handle Holiday Disappointment During COVID-19By: Amy Adolfo Signore, PhD, MPH and Emily Wakefield, PsyD, Connecticut Childrens Hospital. This year has been difficult to say the least...
LEFDec 11, 20201 minThe holidays will be different this year — here's what to say to kidsBy Meghan Holohan, The Today Show. Experts say there are many ways parents can create new holiday traditions for their kids. Like everyth...
LEFDec 7, 20201 min4 Contests to Help Kids Stay Busy on Holiday BreaksBy Haben Kelati, The Washington Post. If you have time to spare during the holiday breaks, KidsPost has just the thing to keep you busy: ...
LEFDec 1, 20201 minLEF Report, Winter 2021Check out the latest issue of the LEF Report! This edition's articles include: - Winter Is Coming, How to Deal with the Impending Stress...
LEFNov 25, 20201 minEight Ways New Schools InnovateBY Tom Vander Ark, FORBES. The rapid global shift to hybrid and remote learning—with lots of versions and variability—provoked renewed in...
LEFNov 18, 20201 minThe Craft of Teaching ConfidenceBy: KRISTINA RIZGA, The Atlantic. Judith Harper on getting students to take risks—in literature class and in life. Most of my students a...
LEFNov 13, 20201 minCelebrating Neurodiversity in the ClassroomBY KRISTINA RIZGA, THE ATLANTIC. Tracy Murray on helping kids develop emotional and social skills. racy Murray has witnessed a lot of cha...
LEFNov 11, 20201 minNew Milford High School – Put Local On Your TrayFrom: Rural Schools Collaborative. New Milford High School is one of the many Connecticut schools committed to sourcing local food for ca...
LEFNov 3, 20201 minHow to Talk About the Election With Your KidsBy Melinda Wenner Moyer, NYTimes. With the election just a few days away, I have transformed into an absolute and terrible mess of a moth...
LEFNov 2, 20201 minSeeking Area Students: 2020 Model United Nations! HOW IT WORKS: Each student assumes the role of a UN delegate. After researching the political, economic, and diplomatic realities and st...
LEFNov 2, 20201 minGet Students Connected to OutdoorsJoin CFPA on Tuesday, November 10th from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. via Zoom for CT Forest and Park Associations’s 125th Annual Meeting. REGISTER H...
LEFOct 30, 20201 minHome Alone Safely SeriesNov. 2, 3, 4, and 5, 2020. 4:30 - 6 p.m. EST. This online series will help youth learn how to keep themselves safe as well as teach them ...
LEFOct 29, 20201 minHalloween Tips for Spooky (and Safe) FunBY Aaron Milstone, M.D., M.H.S., Johns Hopkins Medicine. Candy, cute costumes and family fun: It’s Halloween! “Kids need something to loo...
LEFOct 27, 20201 minSOTG Partners with Letters Are CharactersSchool on the Green, a non-profit parent cooperative preschool partners with Caroline Wilcox-Ugurlu and her Letters are Characters litera...
LEFOct 26, 20201 minNice White ParentsFROM Serial and the New York Times, Podcast. We know American public schools do not guarantee each child an equal education. Two decades ...
LEFOct 23, 20201 minBOTTLE CAP CHALLENGE: HOW RUMSEY HALL'S CONTRIBUTING TO OUR PLANET'S HEALTHIn this era of COVID-19, we as a planet are consuming more single-use plastics than ever. That means even more bottle caps are ending up ...
