Hello, young adventurers and parents! Today, we’re going to talk about a special day that celebrates one of the most fun, healthy, and eco-friendly activities – cycling. Yes, you guessed it right! We’re talking about National Bike Day. National Bike Day is more than just a day to celebrate our two-wheeled friends. It’s a day […]
Author Archives: Tiana Bunnell-Mumford
In the digital era, Gen Z dating has gone past traditional norms and entered the realm of social media interactions and FaceTime dates. As parents, educators, or mentors tasked with preparing Gen Z for these experiences, it becomes a constant endeavor to navigate the latest trends, norms, and safety measures necessary in the digital sphere. […]
Discover the power of prayer with our Christian Teen Prayer Journal. Designed to aid spiritual growth and overcome anxiety, our 100-page Guided Prayer Journal from Creative Minds Work Publications guides you on a faith-based journey of self-love, confidence, healing, and peace. Offering a daily prayer guide and space for reflection, it helps navigate your prayer […]
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In a recent report, pre-teen boys showed the greatest struggle with conduct problems while teen girls had the highest levels of depression and anxiety symptoms. Ten years ago Roy F. Smith, an English teacher at Round Rock High School in Texas, was inspired by the idea of putting a text under a microscope while reading […]
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Feeling like your children and partner are grateful for all of the work that you do is linked to improved relationship quality, lower parenting stress and a lower risk for psychological distress. Matthew Kraft, an associate professor of education and economics at Brown University, was an early proponent of giving tutors — ordinarily a luxury […]
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A Decade of Data in Tennessee Shows an Unexpected Result When Colleges Drop Remedial Courses
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After the elimination of remedial classes, students passed more college courses. But the extra credit accumulation effect quickly faded, and graduation rates didn’t increase. View the full episode transcript. To an outside observer, there’s nothing particularly special about the beige rug at the front of Miranda Lyle’s fourth grade classroom. But for Lyle, it’s the […]
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Teaching living poets not only makes poetry more fun; it also makes it more accessible and relevant to students and empowers them as readers and writers. We are still in the early days of understanding the promise and peril of using generative AI in education. Very few researchers have evaluated whether students are benefiting, and […]
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Hanif Abduraqqib. Sarah Kay. Elizabeth Acevedo. Clint Smith. Do any of these names sound familiar? How about Amanda Gorman? All of these writers are part of America’s thriving contemporary poetry scene. But you won’t find them in many text books, because high school poetry units tend to focus on dead poets, like Robert Frost, Walt […]