"Hamilton" at home, a COVID-19-related extension of the Hamilton Education Program
Teachers, parents, and students might be interested in a free educational resource related to the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton." As the website explains:
Teachers, parents, and students might be interested in a free educational resource related to the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton." As the website explains:
On this week’s podcast, Mike Petrilli, Robert Pondiscio, and David Griffith debate how much we can expect districts to do du
Editor’s note: This blog post was first published by Partnership Schools. We recently shared this captivating clip of Our Lady Queen of Angels’s Kindergartener Iliana C. teaching her mom number bonds and sentences.
The financial fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic is part of a triple threat facing schools this fall: (1) students who are far off track academically and socially; (2) a decline in state revenue that will result in severe budget cuts; and (3) rising costs in response to the pandemic. The silver lining is that the financial pressure could provide cover to enterprising leaders interested in tackling thorny issues like pension obligations that might otherwise have gone unaddressed.
Late last month, a remarkable article appeared in AJPM, the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, cautioning that a person’s ACE score is a “relatively crude measure of cumulative childhood stress exposure that can vary widely from person to person.” ACE stands for “Adverse Childhood Experience”; your “A
Abby Thernstrom wasn’t a close friend, but she was a lot more than a cordial acquaintance.
The evidence is mixed on whether we can motivate students to work harder by offering them financial incentives.
Over the past decade, childhood diagnoses of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have risen by 41 percent. ADHD is the most common neurobehavioral disorder seen in U.S.