This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Seven-year-old Natividad Sánchez Ventura is the youngest of ten children, and their daily life is predictably chaotic. After school, Natividad and her siblings return home where their mother is either…
Most U.S. middle and high schools start at 8:00 a.m. or earlier. This forces teens out of bed hours before their biological clocks tell them they’re ready. One in five…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Under the Obama-era rules, all breads, cereals and pastas served to schoolchildren had to be at least 50% whole grain. But the USDA now says that feedback from students and schools indicates…
Highlighting perspectives from insiders including Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Thomas B. Fordham Institute President Mike Petrilli, and Education Trust founder Kati Haycock, the film tracks ESSA’s trajectory from its signing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. BASIS is an acclaimed school network that is compiled of 27 public charter, private, and international schools in five states, Washington, D.C., and China that recently captured four of the top…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Psychologists are quickly learning how dangerous smartphones can be for teenage brains. Research has found that an eighth-grader’s risk for depression jumps 27%when he or she frequently uses social media. Kids…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Joshua Ibarra is a fourth-year journalism and Japanese language student at East Los Angeles College. He takes four courses and walks to and from class across the 82-acre campus in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How many classrooms in America’s largest school districts are missing a teacher when the school year starts? A small but significant number, according to new data obtained from those districts,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the United States, current expenditures for public K-12 education rose by over $18 billion during the 2014–15 school year, according to a new report released by the National Center for Education…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Patient-centered care initiatives often aim to increase patients’ health literacy, encourage them to participate more actively in treatment decisions, and create a less stressful care delivery environment for them. Increasingly,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. First Question: Is education technology poised for a new wave of innovation? Investment in K-12 ed tech increased fourfold from 2010 to 2015. But over the last couple of years, it’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nationally, Child Trends, a nonprofit research organization, has taken look at integrated student supports (ISS) — a school-based approach to promoting academic success by providing support for the whole child…