Building Better Relationships with Students

Teachers are focused on building better relationships with students, and also between students. The building of more trusting relationships is seen as crucial to improving the learning environment. “Strong, authentic relationships are crucial to our work,” said...

Students Give Back on Community Day

Having students give back on Community Day allowed them to develop creative solutions to the problems of bullying and find ways to be of service to others. In Wisconsin Dells, middle school students spent a few hours using their social skills and creative abilities in...

Engaging Students in Problem Solving Through Escape

Teachers are finding that engaging students in problem solving through escape games is encouraging critical thinking and creativity. At Williwcreek Middle School, teachers worked on mat equations, riddles, and quotation, figuring out clues that led to tools. when the...

Encouraging Young Women to Follow Careers in Science

Women in various STEM related fields were encouraging young women to follow careers in science at a recent symposium. At a recent Women in Science symposium presented by he Wayne Pike Workforce Alliance, Lacawac Sanctuary and Field Station female students were...

Creative Sessions Engage Students

At Southeast Lauderdale High School, teachers are finding that creative sessions engage students in learning when they have a strong interest in the subject. Sitting behind desks is not always the best way to teach teens. However, if they are practicing dancing or...