Youth Health Crisis and Empowerment: Practical Steps for Young People Written by Peter Berg Young people today face a growing and unusual health challenge. Conditions once largely confined to adults—such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease—are increasingly diagnosed in children and adolescents. According to the Centers for Disease Control (2013), rates … Read more

Today, more than ever, bringing humor and enjoyment into schools matters. Whether you are a student, teacher, or administrator, we all benefit from moments of laughter as education evolves. At Summit K12, we’re blending fun with thoughtful design as we create a highly personalized curriculum for the Texas Science Adoption in 2024. Explore our new … Read more

Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles about the men and women who are creating today’s EdTech companies. By Kenna McHugh Jay Goyal, co-founder and CEO of Actively Learn, traces his path into educational technology from an early career in economics and public service. After earning a B.S. in Economics from Duke … Read more

If you work full-time but still struggle to make ends meet, routinely find yourself in toxic workplaces, or simply feel unfulfilled, returning to school could be one of the best moves you make for your career and well-being. Going back to school can open doors to higher pay, more stable employment, and new fields that … Read more

What Is Logistics in Education and Learning? Logistics in the context of education refers to the coordinated planning, delivery and management of the systems that enable learning. It goes beyond simple scheduling or transportation; education logistics encompasses the orchestration of people, places, schedules, instructional materials, technology, connectivity, assessment data and the workflows that allow teaching … Read more

By Essie Sutton Educators are increasingly concerned about students’ mental health and well-being. Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, research linked isolation and loneliness to psychological symptoms across childhood and adolescence. The social distancing and stay-at-home measures introduced at the start of the pandemic have since been associated with higher reports of depression and anxiety among … Read more

Closing the Youth Skills Gap: Microsoft YouthSpark and a Student’s Journey Guest article written by: Shelley Stern Grach, Citizenship & Public Affairs Director, Microsoft At Microsoft, we recognize a persistent gap between young people who have access to the training and skills they need to succeed and those who do not. With more than 75 … Read more

Guest article written by Amanda Austin, 5th grade teacher Why I Teach My decision to become an educator began during a service-learning course in my final year of college. I volunteered at a nearby elementary school located in a neighborhood struggling with poverty and violence. I spent time in a fifth-grade classroom and developed a … Read more

Originally published on CMRubin World. Reproduced here with permission. All photos courtesy of CMRubin World and Apollo. Meet the ten teachers who reached the Final Ten shortlist for the Varkey Foundation’s Global Teacher Prize 2016, selected from 8,000 nominations across 148 countries. They are Aqeela Asifi, Ayub Mohamud, Colin Hegarty, Hanan Al Hroub, Joe Fatheree, … Read more

Helping Struggling ESL Students: Practical Strategies for Teachers Learning a second language as an adult—or even as a child—can be a demanding process. English in particular poses unique challenges for new learners because of its irregular spelling, wide range of idioms and slang, grammatical exceptions, and vocabulary borrowed from many languages. These features can slow … Read more