LEFOct 21, 20201 minEducation for Cultural SurvivalBY KRISTINA RIZGA, THE ATLANTIC. Josephine Tatauq Bourdon on integrating Indigenous knowledge and language into Western curriculum. Life ...
LEFOct 21, 20201 minSeeking Students: Virtual Robotics CompetitionYour galactic journey is about to start! Program a virtual robot to help it progress through different worlds. Each world contains its ow...
LEFOct 19, 20201 minFewer Students Are Going To Community College, Despite High UnemploymentFrom NPR. Enrollment at U.S. community colleges has dropped nearly 8% this fall, newly released figures show, part of an overall decline ...
LEFOct 16, 20201 minFinalists In The NPR Student Podcast ChallengeFrom NPR. Coronavirus, homework, sports, climate change: Working in the midst of a nationwide school shutdown, high school and middle sch...
LEFOct 14, 20201 minTeaching Kids to Love ScienceBY: KRISTINA RIZGA, THE ATLANTIC. Deborah Cornelison on motivating students who don’t want a career in STEM. Deborah Cornelison is happy ...
LEFOct 12, 20202 minRUMSEY'S STEM PROGRAM GETS A BOOST FROM CT SCIENCE FAIR WINNER JUSTIN WANGJustin Wang '21, who was awarded with the third place middle school certificate in the 2020 Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair (CSE...
LEFOct 9, 20201 minReversing The 'Brain Drain' In Rural AmericaNPR Podcast. Affordable real estate. A quieter place to raise a family. Easier access to nature. Polling shows that four out of every fiv...
LEFOct 7, 20201 minThe Healing Power of Garden ClassBY: DANIELLE DREILINGER, The Atlantic. Rahn Broady’s mission is to introduce New Orleans students to the magic of nature. Even a couch po...
LEFOct 5, 20201 minCivics Education and Student-Driven Civic ActionBy Karen Lee, Edutopia. Civics Education and Student-Driven Civic Action Civics Education and Student-Driven Civic Action. Action civics ...
LEFOct 5, 20201 minMeet the teen entrepreneurs of the pandemic summerBy: Michael Waters, The Hustle. Teen unemployment is at a record high. Last summer, Dominic, a 13-year-old in Alpharetta, Georgia, spent ...
LEFSep 30, 20201 minChildren Are Born Scientists. What If School Encouraged That?BY KRISTINA RIZGA, The Atlantic. A unique elementary-school science lab in Michigan lets kids’ curiosity fuel their learning. “All lesso...
LEFSep 28, 20201 min$1 Billion for Civics EducationStephen Sawchuk, Education Week. A bipartisan proposal in Congress would dramatically increase the federal government's investment in civ...
LEFSep 24, 20201 minHow to Talk to Kids About Racism and PoliceBY DANI MCCLAIN, THE ATLANTIC. Schools do students a disservice when they fail to teach them about difficult issues. On a Friday afternoo...
LEFSep 24, 20201 min8 Picture Books About Ordinary Kids’ Everyday ActivismBy Jennifer Krauss, The New York Times. From making soup to creating a butterfly garden, everyone can do something. Read more HERE.
LEFSep 16, 20201 min7 Reasons to Learn a Foreign LanguageBY Kathleen Stein-Smith, The Conversation. Half of the world population is bilingual, but only 25% of Amer icans can hold a conversation ...
LEFAug 6, 20201 minHow to Proactively Prepare for Distance LearningBy Jenny Anderson, NEW YORK TIMES. Normally we rely on teachers and counselors or coaches and people in our communities to help us spot p...
LEFJul 24, 20201 minCDC: Back to School PlanningChecklists to Guide Parents, Guardians, and Caregivers. FROM CDC. For many families, back to school planning will look different this yea...
LEFJun 9, 20201 minThe Dos and Don’ts of ‘Quarantine Pods’By Melinda Wenner Moyer, The New York Times. It might be awkward, difficult and even risky. But joining a social bubble might just save y...
LEFJun 2, 20201 minThese Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your KidsBy Jessica Grose, The New York Times. As protests over the killing of George Floyd (and Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor) spill into a se...
LEFApr 22, 20201 minWhat Happened to American Childhood?THE ATLANTIC - BY KATE JULIAN. Too many kids show worrying signs of fragility from a very young age. How do you prepare a child for life...