If you’re in the workforce, you’ve probably heard the term “work-life balance” before. Work-life balance refers to the time you spend working versus the time you spend focusing on things outside of work, such as family, friends, and hobbies. While this might seem simple, it can often be challenging to figure out how to balance work with other aspects of life. The positives [...]
Introduction Following years of hybrid and online learning during the pandemic, a healthy and supportive educational environment has proven invaluable to student success. As the role of specific standardized tests and practices in the classroom such as lecture-based teaching undergoes questioning, researchers and educators find themselves looking for new ways to engage students and educate them within the classroom. According to Harvard Business [...]
Introduction: My 15-minute city experience When I went abroad in the Fall of 2022, I lived for four months in the walkable city of Florence, Italy. Not only was the grocery store a 3-minute walk from my apartment and all of my school buildings within 15 minutes, but I was 5 minutes away from the Duomo and 10 minutes from the Ponte Vecchio, [...]
Introduction: As the world enters the year 2024, understanding and prioritizing mental health is more important than ever. For K–12 students in particular, mental health struggles are overwhelming children and making it difficult for students to consistently go to school and perform well. Disorders such as anxiety, depression, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are the most common in children today, according to [...]
Introduction: The Impact of Travel Traveling: planes, trains, and automobiles! There are multiple ways to do it. Traveling could be hopping on a plane to another country for a month, taking a train to visit a relative for a couple of days, or driving across Europe or through multiple states. I wasn’t much of a traveler for most of my life, not understanding [...]
What is CLT? The Classical Learning Test, or CLT, is an exam that can be taken online or on paper that measures the grammatical, mathematical, and reading skills of students in grades three through twelve.[1] It’s “classic” because it is utilizing typically “classic” literature and historical texts. There are a variety of these tests for different age groups and grade levels. In many [...]
As governments and educational systems across the United States increasingly ban books within the classroom, educators everywhere, including outside of the United States, are left scratching their heads, trying to find materials within the regulations to teach their students. New books are coming out every day with characters that reflect the entire population. Main characters who are queer, feminist, people of color, individuals [...]
What is Cyber Education? Cyber education involves the use of technology in the classroom as well as teaching students about technology, technological communication, and secure navigation and usage. Cyber education covers the importance of topics such as phishing, ransomware, malware, online scams, and ensuring proper protection for online account security. This education extends to safeguarding against cyberattacks, whether it's on a computer, tablet, [...]
Introduction As artificial intelligence (AI) makes its impact around the world and continues to improve every day, there’s no denying that it will find its way into the classroom in some shape or form. Many educators are trying to embrace and utilize AI in some ways rather than banning it completely and ignoring its potential positive uses for students. So how is it [...]
Test anxiety: we’ve all been there. Tests are a common and normalized aspect of education across all grade levels, but realistically, they may do more harm than good. Test anxiety looks different for everyone, but it can include physical symptoms such as nausea, headache, sweating, and rapid heartbeat, as well as emotional ramifications such as feelings of helplessness, fear, stress, and disappointment. It [...]