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“It was better than a boring textbook”: Using Middle Grade Novels in an Adolescent Development Course (opens in a new window)

School Library Journal

February 27, 2024

University students are sometimes reluctant to read the formal, often-lengthy textbooks required of them. Rather than traditional textbook reading, a professor decided to allow undergraduate university students enrolled in an Adolescent Development course to explore content by reading and discussing notable literature selections.

What Bill Belichick Teaches Us About School Improvement (opens in a new window)

Forbes

February 20, 2024

After 24 seasons, six Super Bowl titles, and staking a claim to be considered the greatest NFL coach in history, Bill Belichick is out as coach of the New England Patriots. Belichick’s tempestuous tenure holds many lessons, including several with particular resonance for those working in education.

States Bet Big on Career Education, But Struggle to Show It Works (opens in a new window)

Washington Post

February 09, 2024

As college costs soar and demand for skilled labor rises, programs that prepare students for well-paid work are gaining popularity: In 2022, 36 states enacted policies promoting career training for high-schoolers, college students and adults. Yet many states struggle to answer a basic question: Is career education working?

The Rise and Fall of Finland Mania (opens in a new window)

Fordham Institute

January 19, 2024

In this piece, we’re going to revisit the greatest hype bubble in the history of international education to understand why Finland attracted such intense fascination, what we can learn from it, and wrestle with two uncomfortable questions: Was Finland’s success not real in the first place? Or did genuine triumph rapidly give way to unprecedented failure?

As teen suicide spikes, school policies may be making things worse (opens in a new window)

LA Times

December 01, 2023

Suicide has been a leading cause of death for young people for at least the last half-century. This year, for the first time, the median age for teen suicide in Los Angeles County has dropped to 16 — the youngest ever. As systems of care have withered, an old superstition has taken root: that talking about suicide would cause people in crisis to kill themselves.