Using universal screening to improve student well-being
The pandemic shined a light on the mental health crisis facing our students--but student well-being is not a new phenomenon.
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Epilepsy Foundation Partners with Vector Solutions to Offer Seizure First Aid Trainings to Educators
BOWIE, MD. — The Epilepsy Foundation announced a five-year collaboration with Vector Solutions, the leading provider of training and software ... Read more
How school-home communication combats chronic absenteeism
Adolescents are in crisis right now. Social media, pandemic isolation, gun violence, and structural racism have formed a perfect storm. It’s been so devastating to teens that the…
Gaggle Launches 24/7 Student Crisis Line, Powered by AWS, and Staffed by Trained Crisis Counselors
Dallas, Texas (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gaggle’s new ReachOut student crisis line has launched and is rolling out to K-12 districts ... Read more
Funding an assistive listening system in your school
Untreated hearing loss can have lasting effects on students’ academic achievement, social relationships, and self-esteem. The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) reports that even mild hearing loss…
Preparing for the worst, hoping for the best: School leadership for emergencies
According to The Washington Post, more than 331,000 children at more than 350 schools have experienced gun violence during school hours since the Columbine High School massacre in…
Riverside Insights and Kognito Partner to Offer Intervention Professional Development for School Health Providers
ITASCA, Ill. – Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced a partnership with Kognito, a ... Read more
Focusing on upstream prevention can stem school violence
While instances of school violence are on the rise, there is strong evidence to suggest that upstream violence prevention is what’s needed to curb this trend. Since 1999…
How to identify student anxiety in the classroom
Issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic continue to pop up as educators devote more time to student anxiety issues in the classroom. Frustrations mount as they attempt to…
How analytics can identify student mental health challenges
As we get closer to the upcoming school year, it’s important to think about how to address student mental health. The pandemic has been difficult for everyone, but…
How to create a multi-layered approach to ADHD treatment
According to the CDC, 9.4 percent of children have ADHD. Teachers are often familiar with the associated behaviors of ADHD. Each child’s presentation of ADHD is unique.
How schools can improve infrastructure and air quality as masks come off
As the CDC shifts its recommendations and schoolchildren are no longer required to wear masks in many parts of the country, questions remain about how aging school infrastructure…
3 steps to creating a comfortable learning environment
Students have started a new school year and are facing the many challenges still present with in-person learning amid a pandemic. One of the most important to address…
5 workable scenarios for flexible pandemic learning
We all thought and hoped we were out of the COVID woods, but the rise of the Delta variant left school districts, parents, and teachers rethinking their back-to-school…
Cracking the code on student mental health
The past year has taken a toll on students’ mental health. Rates of anxiety, depression, and stress are up and the CDC reports emergency room visits for adolescent…
Addressing trauma as students return to the classroom
We've all been through a traumatic experience in the last year. In a typical year, school is the only safe place for many students, and it is often…
4 under-the-radar data points to track as schools reopen
One of the most powerful tools in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has been data. Data analytics has informed what we can do, when we can do it, and…
3 ways to help students de-stress
Teachers who want to support optimal reading comprehension must equip themselves with a deeper understanding of why stress is so harmful to students' reading, and what they can…
5 ways technology can help schools meet CDC guidelines this fall
Administrators across the country are preparing schools to reopen this fall, and they have a lot to consider in the wake of COVID-19. In order to best protect…
Rethinking School Spaces and Structures to Maintain Proper Distancing
Spaces4Learning has put together a series of articles on the topic of school environments, and what they might look like ... Read more
More diagnoses of hyperactivity in new C.D.C. data
The New York Times reports that nearly one in five high school age boys in the United States and 11 percent of school-age children over all have received…
Feds: Older teens often text behind the wheel
More than half of U.S. students in their last year before college admit they text or eMail while driving—the first federal statistics on how common the dangerous habit…
Obese American children outgrowing school desks
Schools across the country are pioneering big changes in the classroom--to accomodate the 17 percent of U.S. children who are overweight or obese, according to data from the…