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Creating Inclusive Classrooms This Winter: A Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) Guide for Educators

By Emma Zande Fall 2025 Intern|2025-11-17T15:18:40-05:00November 24th, 2025|

As the scent of cinnamon wafts through hallways and twinkling lights begin to glow in classroom windows, students gather to share stories, traditions, and memories from home. Paper snowflakes dangle from ceilings, snowmen are carefully drawn in art class, and the buzz of holiday excitement fills the air. But amid the glitter and garlands, educators face an important question: How can we honor [...]

An Endangered Species: The School Librarian

By Emma Zande Fall 2025 Intern|2025-11-17T15:28:26-05:00November 20th, 2025|

A school tour is an exciting moment in any parent’s life—a glimpse into where their child might spend the next several years learning, growing, and finding their place in the world. Parents peek into classrooms buzzing with color and curiosity, glance through the gym and music rooms, and step into the library—the quiet heart of the school, lined with books that promise imagination, [...]

Teacher Burnout is a System Problem, not a Personal Failure: Strategies for Sustainable Support

By Emma Zande Fall 2025 Intern|2025-11-17T15:05:10-05:00November 18th, 2025|

Most of us have faced burnout at some point. You know the feeling—you’re exhausted, groggy, and trudging through your day just to complete basic tasks. Maybe you felt disconnected from your work or irritated by colleagues and clients alike. Now imagine that during that same period, you were handed a classroom of twenty to thirty preteens—each with boundless energy, conflicting emotions, and smartphones—and [...]

The Impact of Parental Involvement in Students’ Learning: Beyond the Backpack

By Matthew Bourchier|2025-11-17T15:09:32-05:00November 13th, 2025|

The role of parents in a child's education has long been recognized as important, but contemporary research has transformed this general understanding into a compelling evidence-based imperative. Parental involvement is no longer a peripheral concern but a central component of student achievement, social-emotional development, and long-term success. This paper moves beyond the traditional view of involvement—helping with homework and attending parent-teacher conferences—to explore [...]

Closing the Digital Divide 2.0: It’s Not Just About Devices, It’s About Digital Literacy

By Emma Zande Fall 2025 Intern|2025-11-12T16:21:27-05:00November 12th, 2025|

Have you been to a Whole Foods recently? Rather than paying with cash or card, consumers can now opt to pay by scanning their palm, which is linked to their Amazon account. Dystopian? Sure. Harmful? No comment. Is this not an excellent example of why digital literacy is maybe one of the most important skills a young person needs to learn today? Definitely. [...]

Supporting Students Through Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

By Emma Zande Fall 2025 Intern|2025-11-10T11:07:44-05:00November 5th, 2025|

The morning alarm shrieks. You hunt for your phone, squinting at the time—6:30 a.m. But outside, the world is still cloaked in darkness. A chill creeps through the room. You stumble to the kitchen, haunted by the ghosts of summer mornings past. The coffee machine hisses like a creature awakened from its slumber. You shiver. You know what this means, but it’s too [...]

The School Bus Driver Shortage: A Slight Glimmer of Hope Can’t Mask a Deepening Crisis

By Matthew Bourchier|2025-11-10T11:24:57-05:00November 3rd, 2025|

If you’re a parent, you’ve likely felt it: the last-minute notification that the bus route is canceled, the scramble to arrange alternate transportation, or the worry as your child’s only reliable way to get to school becomes increasingly unreliable. The national school bus driver shortage, a persistent problem since the pandemic, has improved ever so slightly, but new analysis confirms it remains a [...]

A Productive Gap Year Isn’t a “Year Off”; It’s a “Year On.” How I Felt Invigorated Going into Undergrad After My Gap Year

By Olivia Johnson Fall 2025 Intern|2025-10-23T18:22:53-04:00October 21st, 2025|

My Experience Upon graduating high school, I had a pretty strong sense of what I wanted my undergraduate career to look like. I wanted to study English, work at my undergraduate’s student newspaper, and get an internship in publishing. However, by the time I walked across my high school’s stage and accepted my diploma, I was exhausted. For the past four years, I [...]

Students and Their Mental Health: How Schools Can Help Through Early Screening

By Olivia Johnson Fall 2025 Intern|2025-10-23T18:19:11-04:00October 14th, 2025|

As Mental Illness Awareness Week comes to a close, and in honor of World Mental Health Day on October 10th, here are some ways that educators are addressing their students’ mental health. Screening and Prevention Programs Many schools and educational organizations have started implementing screening and prevention programs that address students’ mental health struggles. Common screenings include questions about a student’s suicidal ideations, [...]

Understanding the Basics of Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

By Emma Zande Fall 2025 Intern|2025-11-10T11:31:45-05:00October 8th, 2025|

Five years ago, the coronavirus pandemic saw an education system rattled and rearranged as a result of mandated public shutdowns and quarantine protocols. Today, parents, educators, and policymakers are voicing concerns about students’ mental health and social skills following an extended period of technology-mediated interaction. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) programs have risen in popularity to address these concerns. What is Social Emotional Learning? [...]