The “Courageous Conversations Compass,” a tool for ensuring that conversations around race and culture are productive in the workplace, was designed and shared by Glenn...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – School social workers play a critical role in schools. They serve as the liaison between school, home, and the community. The underlying premise of...
A beneficial, yet challenging, factor of education today involves the increasing diversity in our schools. Because of the ever-growing demographics, teaching cultural competency has become a...
General education teachers are tasked with keeping many balls in the air, which is half the fun of working in a classroom—there are so many constantly...
I am only six weeks away from completing my BSW degree; a degree that has taken nearly twenty years to complete. As I am nearing the...
Written by: Iman, Introduction: Rosie, Billy, Anisah, and Fahim – Haverstock School Journalism Project *Editor’s Note: UK Social Work Helper Staff Writer, Chey Heap, and myself worked...
Social workers can now earn continuing education hours while they learn Medicare at their own pace, anytime and anywhere with Medicare Interactive (MI) Pro, an online...
It goes without saying that technology has fully inserted itself into most aspects of our day-to-day lives—and children and teens are no exception. Children are learning...
The first time people thought of using computers. Previously called Computer-Assisted Language Instruction and the Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), the general concept has its humble roots...
The unfortunate reality for children growing up right now is the prevalence of senseless tragedies. I myself, even as a grown adult, struggle time and time again to make sense of the...
The University of Maryland School of Social Work (UMSSW) is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Financial Social Work Initiative (FSWI) during the 2017-2018 academic year with a new Financial...
The state of Arizona offers several social work programs. Arizona students may study for the BSW, MSW or Ph.D. Arizona State University and the University of...
Growth mindset is a very hot topic in the educational realm today. A basic explanation for a not-so-basic, metacognitive concept is the fact that people can...
The relationship between teachers and students is a critical factor for academic success. However, a new study by NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human...
With education reform being the buzz term of the decade, there has been lots of talk about how we can make schools better. New instructional methods,...
Earlier this month, Dr. Beverly Tatum just released a 20th-anniversary version of her ground-breaking and well-informed book Why are all the Black kids sitting together in...
Cooperative learning, collaborative strategies, group rotations—whatever we decide to call it, the research behind group work in the classroom makes a strong case for embracing collaborative...
Sometimes, motivation is necessary for students and teachers to enhance their relationship. In many cases, teachers criticize their students without understanding the challenges they face both...
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of speaking with Krystal Reddick who is a blogger, a social work student, and overall someone with so...
Cultures – sets of widely-endorsed ideas reflected in rules for interaction and in the organization of our institutions – are powerful social forces that shape individuals’...
It might seem new, and maybe narcissistic, that people feel the need to share their lives with the world –...
Amidst growing concerns of online harassments in Facebook, which of late has seen a drastic increase, some action from the...
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Cyprus University of Technology and University College London have conducted the first large-scale...
About those before and after selfies and public declarations of hitting the gym? New research co-authored by Dr. Sonya A....
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month — 31 days of reflection brought about by years of suffering, survivorship and study that...
