[ad_1] This is the second in a three-part series of conversations with Latino educators and edtech experts. Read the first part here. As Latino children make up a growing proportion of public school students in the United States, they’re also facing unique challenges. Education researchers now know that Latino students were dealt an outsized blow ...

[ad_1] As an English teacher at an international elementary school and a language learner myself, I often think of how many K-12 students in the United States have the opportunity to study another language at school. The answer? Not enough. There are a number of research organizations that collect data on foreign language study and ...

[ad_1] After filling up on Chinese takeout, my husband opened a fortune cookie and read: My instinctual response to this seemingly harmless message was: It took me a while to understand why this banal comment caused such outrage. At school, the phrase “stay one step ahead” comes up frequently. There are always stories about teachers ...

[ad_1] The outpouring of support for Buffalo Bills safety Dummer Hamlin continued Wednesday, becoming the first NFL team since Hamlin went into cardiac arrest and was resuscitated on the field during the broadcast of “Monday Night Football.” I returned to practice. Hamlin, 24, was sedated and critically ill in a Cincinnati hospital. His recovery is ...

[ad_1] Harlem tenor saxophonist Dawud Rahman didn’t look nervous playing in front of a packed crowd at the Music on the Inside benefit gala on Sunday night. Rahman said participating in the program, which is offered free of charge to formerly incarcerated youth and adults, changed his life. “I grew up,” Rahman said. “I have ...

[ad_1] Comments on this story comment Lisa Whitenack loved sharks when she was a kid. She spent a rainy day flipping through the shark’s guide to her digest readers. Every summer, she watched Discovery’s annual TV event, Shark Week. But when scientists showed up on her TV screen, she rarely saw a woman she could ...

[ad_1] Nate Robinson played 11 seasons in the NBA for the Knicks, Celtics, Thunder, Warriors, Bulls, Nuggets, Clippers and Pelicans. issued a statement on Saturday revealed he was battling kidney failure. The 38-year-old former point guard has spent the past four years personally working with issues related to kidney failure and hopes to be a ...

[ad_1] Over the past few years, some parents have received a new item to put in their parenting toolkit. It’s School Mental Health Day. Since 2018, more than 10 states have passed or proposed legislation that would allow school districts to treat mental health absentee days the same as absenteeism for physical health issues. The ...