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Rise in youth suicide needs joint effort from educators, health providers
In summary More school-based health centers are needed for California students and communities under stress from the COVID-19 pandemic. By Tracy Mendez, Special to CalMatters Tracy Mendez is the executive director of California School-Based Health Alliance, [email protected]. Youth in California are struggling with trauma, anxiety and isolation brought about by distance learning, the COVID-19 pandemic …
Dobard: Educational Innovation Isn’t Just the Technology, It’s the Teaching. How Educators Are Getting Creative in the Pandemic
Education requires innovation. During a pandemic, that innovation is all the more urgent. But much of that innovation does not get written about in Wired. It doesn’t involve technology at all. Rather, it involves educators doing one of the hardest jobs in the world during a stunningly difficult time. They are continuing to teach using …
Here’s What Educators Should Expect From the Biden Administration on Education Technology
President Joe Biden and his team are taking the reins of the federal government at a critical point for education technology. Millions of students are still learning from home, bringing an urgency to longstanding problems like the “homework gap” and the continuing need for effective online teaching strategies. At the same time, schools and districts …
New mental health hours for educators aim to rejuvenate, connect Lehigh Valley teachers in the age of COVID-19
Lessons that once took veteran teacher Sheila Baab minutes to prepare, now take hours. Baab, a bubbly mom of two, makes regular home visits to her Paxinosa Elementary School fifth-graders’ homes to deliver school supplies. She tries to anticipate every barrier to learning her students might face and solve them. No thermometers at home for …
Technology Gives Educators Outside-the-Box Tools to Embrace the Present and Future of Hybrid Learning
Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the word “hero” continues to find its way into the headlines – but not the kind you find in comic books or action movies. In 2020, hero means delivery workers who travel countless miles to provide food and sanitation supplies; nurses and doctors working around the clock to …
Educators running into technology issues during first week of classes
Click here for updates on this story FLINT, MI (WNEM ) —“This is a new world for teachers to be living in,” said Frank Burger, President of the Carman-Ainsworth Education Association. Learning in the age of COVID-19 isn’t just hard on the kids, but on the teachers too. Frank Burger is a teacher and the …
Salt Lake educators hand-deliver supplies, technology, human connection
SALT LAKE CITY — For Salt Lake City School District students, the school year starts Sept. 8, but until then educators are hard at work connecting with students and ensuring they have the tools they need to take part in remote learning. On Tuesday, educators, counselors and parent volunteers from Clayton Middle School visited Park …
New COVID-19 Front Line? Educators, Health Experts Say It Will Be Schools
Credit: (AP Photo/LM Otero)File photo: Students entering a Texas school earlier this month While families, policy experts and public officials nationwide wrestle with the pros and cons of reopening schools during the pandemic, education and health leaders in New Jersey seem to agree that districts here lack the regulatory guidance and critical resources to safely …
Educators learn about STEM technology
BOISE — Educators from all over the Gem State learned about new technology at the Idaho Education Technology Association Conference. The Stem Action Center offers training, professional development, and resources to take back to their classrooms. “Stem is what we want to connect our kids to because a majority of the jobs in Idaho are …
Mayor Garcia announces new technology companies, affordable housing for educators coming to the city – Press Telegram
Not only is Long Beach’s skyline growing, but its plethora of new developments are also attracting top-tier businesses to the city. That was the message Mayor Robert Garcia sent during his annual “Building a Better Long Beach” presentation on Tuesday, Sept. 24. Mayor Robert Garcia speaking at the annual Building a Better Long Beach presentation …
