All students have potential, but access to support and opportunity is not equally distributed. As a high school principal for 10 years, I encountered well-intentioned teachers...
Several articles in response to the shootings in Minnesota, New Orleans, and Dallas point fingers at racists, PTSD, and mental illness. Although these issues are valid,...
Consistently, procrastination creates a snowball effect, in which anxiety or stress further compounds the need for the task avoidance. In basic terms, the more a student...
For ages, special education has been developing on its own, together with the development of ordinary education. It emphasizes disorders and the ways special education...
For elementary schoolers, note taking as a reading or comprehension strategy is likely unfamiliar, and for a legitimate reason — many younger learners are just beginning...
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) defines social and emotional learning (SEL) as “The process through which children and adults acquire and effectively...
Sexual assault and fitness of character allegations have been raised against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in his bid to become the next lifetime appointee on...
In part I, we discussed how parents can introduce the concept of self-advocacy with the use of sentence frames, conversation pointers, and self-reflection. Once children begin...
As a master level social work student, I had the opportunity to visit the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota through an Immersion Program offered by...
Thirteen-year-old Rafe Cochran of Palm Beach, Fla., returned to school this week as an eighth-grader at Palm Beach Day Academy after opening his second school built in...
Children of divorce are less likely to earn a four-year or graduate degree, according to new research from Iowa State University. The study, published in the...
As we help our sons and daughters get ready to return to school, let’s reflect on our own readiness to promote our kids’ best emotional development during the...
A high school English teacher in New Mexico told me about one of his students who had difficulty focusing in class. When the teacher showed concern,...
Better school funding, better pay, and better benefits, these are a few of the demands fueling teachers’ recent strikes and walkouts across the U.S., including those in Arizona,...
Equity, as far as the Oxford English Dictionary is concerned, is defined as “the quality of being fair or impartial.” Simple enough, right? Yet, at home...
It may seem fairly obvious, but, like most procedures, a school’s method for evacuation in the case of a fire is a thoroughly planned and practiced...
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 Singleton...
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...
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Social media and the Internet, in general, have had an immense effect on social work. It enables communication between people...
Crisis intervention, once primarily delivered over the phone is increasingly being delivered through the computer and via text. Social Workers...
While a well-seasoned and dedicated staff can be a terrific resource for any business, hiring the right professional to fill...
Today, mobile marketing is one of the most powerful forms of digital marketing. Social media, email and video marketing are...
Running a small business takes a lot of work. Today there’s technology that will help you with this. This technology...
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – 25 APRIL 2018 – Booking.com, one of the world’s largest travel e-commerce companies and a digital...
