whole child

A Best Practice For Optimal Learning? Get Kids Outside.

In the pandemic, we learned “six feet apart” rules. People spread out, in classrooms and beyond, into courtyards and grassy areas, onto sports fields, and in nearby woods. Yet as the pandemic waned,...

EdTech

Ed Tech Tools: Don’t Ask Students What They Want to Be

Here's What Schools Should Ask Instead and How Ed Tech Tools Prepare Them. Kids in K-12 schools are learning to be lawyers, teachers, technology experts, and healthcare professionals, among other...

Math

This Pi Day, Let’s Look at Geometry from All Angles

Every year, on March 14, students, teachers and schools develop a sudden, short-lived interest in geometry. Some classes prepare by following along with the Pi Day countdown. Actual pies are made....

How One Ohio High School Is Building Pathways to Cybersecurity Careers

Cincinnati native Zoey Chappell first heard about her high school’s new cybersecurity program as a 15-year-old, when she says she was not even old enough to be consistently checking her email, let...

Math

Helping Middle Schools Climb the Math Wall

Middle school math achievement took a nosedive during the pandemic, but the root problems have existed far longer. Here’s a typical scenario—a student thrives in elementary math, enjoying...

How alternative pathways build math confidence, even for non "math kids"

“When will we ever need to know this?” For decades, math teachers have heard students ask this question in classrooms across the country, while teaching algebra, geometry, more algebra and calculus....