Teachers, Why Not Make Facebook and LinkedIn Groups Your New Way to Connect?
When I was going to high school, there was a special dining room reserved for teachers. It was in a corner of our cafeteria and I remember seeing teachers heading back there carrying brown lunch bags and cafeteria trays. I have no idea what they talked about behind closed doors, but I assume they were happy to be away from students like me and my friends, at least for the duration of a lunch period.
Today, teachers’ lounges can be found in many schools. They, like that dining room I remember, are places where teachers can connect to each other, discuss current challenges and ideas, and enjoy being part of a teachers’ community. Read more
What Kind of Coronavirus Testing Will Your College Be Giving Returning Students in the Fall?
Colleges across the country have announced that they will test returning students for Covid-19, especially those who want to live on their campuses.
But what does “testing” mean? Does it mean pointing a handheld thermometer at the foreheads of students before they are allowed to enter their dorms? Does it mean blood tests? The tests that colleges will administer will generally fall into one of these two categories:
Which College Majors and Careers Should You Consider if Most of Your Classes Will Be Taken Online?
A growing list of colleges have announced that they will offer most or even all of their classes online during the coming academic year.
That prompted one student we know to ask, “So, should I forget about declaring myself pre-med next year? I mean, how am I going to get those lab classes completed in an online format?” Read more
How to Help Kids Stay Happy During a Time of Social Distancing
“How COVID-19 Could Affect Kids’ Long-Term Social Development,” a recent article on Healthline.com, makes the following observations about how school-aged children are handling the requirement that they practice social distancing, remote classes, and sheltering at home:
21 Careers for the 21st Century
Studies conducted by The Student Research Foundation before the Covid-19 epidemic struck showed that many CTE-oriented high school students were thinking about pursuing careers in engineering, computer science, the health sciences, and manufacturing.
We expect that those careers are still of interest to STEM-oriented high school students today. However, it doesn’t take extensive research to observe that the demand for certain professions has increased dramatically in response to the pandemic over the last few months. Read more