Local eighth grade students learn budgeting and life skills

Every year, a local middle school takes time to teach its 8th grade students critical thinking skills and budget management. The Reality Store, at North Clay Middle ...
EdSurge

Social-Emotional Learning Can Boost Student Achievement. New Data Says By How Much.

They could be learning the best possible math curriculum from the best possible teacher. But if that student is feeling ...
Education Week

Social-Emotional Learning Linked to Higher Math and Reading Test Scores

Social-emotional learning has been swept up in bitter political fights over what should be taught in schools as some critics—including some high-profile conservative activist groups like Moms for ...
Western Michigan University

Using Learning Outcomes and Goals to Earn Your Goal Grade

Each activity will start with a list of learning outcomes and goals. Learning outcomes tell students what they need to be able to master in order to succeed on exams and homework. Learning goals tell ...
Los Angeles Times

Why grade inflation is spreading from high school to college — and how it hurts learning

This might sound impossibly old-fashioned, but I still like the idea that education is about learning: facts, skills, concepts, research, culture, analysis, inspiration. It’s supposed to enrich our ...
foxbaltimore

Students who struggle to read by third grade often suffer lifelong effects, experts say

Towson, MD (WBFF) — March is National Reading Month, which means the focus across many American classrooms is on early childhood literacy. And when it comes to learning how to read, most experts agree ...