What happens in schools and communities when empathy and compassion take center stage? In the bustling city of Nashville, where sweet music fills every street corner, two remarkable second-grade students at Overbrook Catholic School, Evelyn Thallemer and Matilda Crosswy, tirelessly crafted 2,500 beaded bracelets with a mission deeply rooted in compassion and guided by what […]
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Bridging the Learning Gap: How Schools Can Address Summer Learning Loss
Bridging the Learning Gap: How Schools Can Address Summer Learning Loss As summer vacation comes to a close, students and educators across the country prepare to head back to the classroom. While many students are looking forward to seeing their friends and teachers again, there’s one thing that can dull the excitement of a new […]
Another ETP Success Story: IT and STEM at St. Teresa’s
Author: Lucas Ostrowski, Founder & CEO Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.educationtechpros.com When the technology teacher at St. Teresa of Calcutta Education Center announced their retirement, principal Robin John knew it would be tricky to find a replacement. Recruiting and hiring a new technology teacher was one of Robin John’s first tasks as the new principal, and […]
Literacy experts answer educators’ 10 most pressing questions about dyslexia
Erin Ryan, Senior Writer, NWEA, [email protected] In Dyslexia: What every educator should know about the most common learning disability, NWEA literacy experts Tiffany Peltier and Cindy Jiban took an evidence-based look at dyslexia. Here are their answers to some of the questions we received after the webinar. You can read more on the NWEA blog, […]
Students, Families and Evangelization in Catholic Schools
by Joseph D. White, Ph.D., Associate Publisher, Catechetical Resources, [email protected] Evangelization is a primary function of Catholic schools. Although they provide quality education in a variety of subject areas, as agents of the Church, they share the larger mission of the Church – forming disciples of Jesus Christ. Catholic schools should, and must, be more […]
Digital Citizenship Matters
By Christina Jontra, Chief Navigator – Neptune Navigate [email protected] Living and teaching in the digital age means we no longer are limited to news from three local stations and students aren’t restricted to accessing information from the library during school hours. The phones they carry with them 24/7 give them access to news outlets […]
Bless Children At Home and Abroad with Box of Joy®
In impoverished communities around the globe, Christmas morning isn’t nearly as festive as most Americans might expect. Most of us are blessed with a holiday filled with extravagant gifting and hours of feasting, but for families in developing countries, the daily hardships caused by extreme poverty are present, even on this day. Children wake up […]
FACTS Elevate Conference 2023 Preview
The following blog was contributed by Amanda Bohlmann, FACTS Marketing Manager. We’re ready to make some magic! Join FACTS this July 24-27 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida for Elevate 2023. This year’s conference is set to be bigger and better than ever, especially with our magical location at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin […]
How Silos and Redundancies Impact Financial Sustainability in K-12 Private Schools
Redundancies and silos are some of the biggest threats to financial sustainability in private schools. Redundancy can take many forms, from software redundancy—when different departments are using different software for the same purpose—to the redundancy of efforts among people at the school. Silos are created when people or software work without consideration for other school […]
Box of Joy – How Your Classroom Can Transform a Child’s Life
The following blog was contributed by Cross Catholic Outreach. To add this service project to your school’s outreach program, please click here. How It Feels to Open a Box of Joy Sadly, Christmas morning often arrives very differently in developing nations. There, impoverished children in remote communities may rise early like their U.S. brothers and […]
