by PRP Group, on 03/29/2024

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The North Adams public school system is implementing yoga in the classroom. Superintendent Barbara Malkas often spends part of her morning teaching her own teachers about …

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by PRP Group, on 03/29/2024

Durable skills, such as critical thinking and communication, are the most requested skills among employers, yet 89% of executives say they have difficulty finding job candidates with those skills. Muzzy …

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by PRP Group, on 03/28/2024

“Woman’s empire is an empire of gentleness, skill, and obligingness; her orders are caresses, her threats are tears.” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Dating on online apps forces us to answer all …

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by PRP Group, on 03/27/2024

SkillBuild by Muzzy Lane is a series of online short courses to help higher education institutions, employers, and learners to develop, assess, and verify soft skills that are in high …

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by PRP Group, on 03/27/2024

My first teaching job after earning a Master of Arts in teaching was at a private school in Austin, Texas, for students with dyslexia. Nearly all of these students had …

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by PRP Group, on 03/27/2024

Out of all the skills today’s students need to develop, critical thinking is perhaps the most important. Critical thinking not only helps students make stronger connections to information they learn …

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by PRP Group, on 03/26/2024

The Cook Center is providing Loudoun County VA schools with excellent resources foir student and educator mental health through their “ParentGuidance.org” program. Learn about it with representatives from both. Listen …

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by PRP Group, on 03/26/2024

In recent years, Big Tech has gotten a bad rep. But of course, many tech companies are doing important work making monumental positive changes to society, health, and the environment …

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by PRP Group, on 03/25/2024

When Polk County schools began focusing on career and technical education in the spring of 2023, one of their goals was to help students succeed in the workplace by offering …

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by PRP Group, on 03/22/2024

Love it or hate it, artificial intelligence (AI) is here, and it’s not going away. As the technology evolves, AI will only become more prominent in our everyday interactions, shaping …

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by PRP Group, on 03/21/2024

Our guest today is our old friend Andrew Coulson, Chief Data Science Officer at ST Math Listen Now -> …

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by PRP Group, on 03/21/2024

Talking about mental health can be a daunting task, especially with your kid. School officials in Loudoun County, Virginia, are trying to make it easier by equipping parents with resources …

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by PRP Group, on 03/21/2024

When I was a teacher, I launched a statewide esports league in New Jersey and saw firsthand how powerfully esports draws students to school. Attendance rates at public schools are …

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by PRP Group, on 03/21/2024

SALT LAKE CITY – The Cook Center for Human Connection, a nonprofit dedicated to mental health and suicide prevention, has partnered with Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) to provide ParentGuidanceorg …

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by PRP Group, on 03/20/2024

The yoga program Dr. Barbara Malkas started a few years ago in North Adams Public Schools has benefited students, faculty, staff, and even the community at large. But Malkas, the …

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by PRP Group, on 03/18/2024

The suspicion that technology might interfere with learning is at least as old as widely literate societies. According to Plato, Socrates believed that the widespread use of writing would lead …

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by PRP Group, on 03/18/2024

When I began teaching English as a second language (ESL), I had anywhere from seven to 13 different languages in my classroom because our district was in an area with …

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by PRP Group, on 03/18/2024

DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) is a commonly used acronym, but what does it mean in the context of day-to-day operations in a school district? As many experts will point …

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by PRP Group, on 03/18/2024

The Teaching Channel Platform is a single resource for the professional learning needs of K-12 teachers and higher education instructors. It offers Teaching Channel’s library of more than 1,600 exemplar …

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by PRP Group, on 03/08/2024

Career and technical education has expanded quite a bit in recent years. A couple of decades ago, it typically meant vocational programs offered by high schools to help students who …

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by PRP Group, on 03/08/2024

Parents in Loudoun County concerned about their kids’ mental health have a new place to turn for help. ParentGuidance.org is partnering with Loudoun County Public Schools to provide a range …

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by PRP Group, on 03/07/2024

DEAR READERS: With all of the press about teacher shortages throughout the country, many people might be considering whether or not they’re cut out for the profession. If someone is …

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by PRP Group, on 03/07/2024

It is no accident that the new National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) definition of social studies is focused on “human experiences and the spaces in which we interact …

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by PRP Group, on 03/07/2024

Irvington Public Schools is an urban district with the hometown feeling of a place where everyone knows each other. Our student body is predominantly Black, but we are quite diverse …

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by PRP Group, on 03/07/2024

Dual-language immersion programs may have their own unique challenges, but literacy development isn’t one of them. In fact, although a bit more patience is often required to see success, students …

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by PRP Group, on 03/05/2024

Theo Mayer is a self-proclaimed history nerd who is also passionate about the relevance of technology for learning. Working as the Chief Technologist for the Doughboy Foundation, Tayo and a …

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by PRP Group, on 03/05/2024

Wreaths adorned walls at McCollum High School earlier this month as Terrie Sharp, the librarian for the school of 1,500 students, helped pass out snacks at a table set up …

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by PRP Group, on 03/05/2024

SALT LAKE CITY – The Cook Center for Human Connection has been awarded a $3.99 million Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) for …

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by PRP Group, on 03/04/2024

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah ( Good Things Utah) – Discover the Cook Center for Human Connection, where the art of being a phenomenal parent is celebrated! In pursuing great things, …

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by PRP Group, on 03/04/2024

Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep Suite is a comprehensive online tool for standardized test preparation, researching undergraduate and graduate programs, finding tuition assistance, and exploring and preparing for …

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by PRP Group, on 03/04/2024

Without instruction or engagement with reading over the summer, students can regress in the progress they’ve made in literacy over the past school year. Those declining trends tend to be …

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