Schoolers

Excerpted from “MIDDLE SCHOOL SUPERPOWERS: Raising Resilient Tweens in Turbulent Times by Phyllis L. Fagell.” Copyright © 2023. Available from Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Challenge distorted thinking Tweens think…

The sharp growth in dual enrollment has raised a lot of questions about course content and whether students are really producing college-level work. John Fink, an expert in dual enrollment at the Community College Research Center,…

High school students who have a large weekly allowance, friends who smoke and low levels of physical activity are more likely to use multiple substances over time. Conversely, being older, being Black and eating breakfast daily were factors…

Even the school’s principal, Amy Goodloe, agrees that play is important. “There’s really high value for students and, I will underscore, teachers to have that break in the day,” she said. “We underestimate how important that is as a…

Physician’s Briefing Staff WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 2.5 million youth reported electronic cigarette use in 2022, according to research published in the Oct. 7 issue of…

Issued on: 05/10/2022 - 16:44 The explosive protests that have spread around Iran have made their way into universities and even high schools following the start of the…

While many passion-igniting endeavors happen outside of the classroom, Dahl said that applications in the classroom can make learning much more exciting and meaningful for tweens whose hunger for relationships can richly influence their…

“They can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel,” said Franciene Sabens, a counselor who’s noticed the ninth and 10th graders at her southern Illinois high school are struggling more than older students this year. “They’re trying to…

The entire student body of a Pennsylvania junior-senior high school has been barred from attending classmates’ hockey games after some students chanted sexually explicit vulgarities at a visiting team’s goalie — the team’s only female…

Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “She Was Declared a Witch at Salem. These Middle Schoolers Want to Clear Her Name.” By Neil VigdorIn 1693, Elizabeth Johnson Jr., a young woman living in what is now North Andover, Mass., was convicted of…