Benjamin Franklin Elementary’s Math By: Sarah Mervosh MERIDEN, Conn. — It’s just after lunchtime, and Dori Montano’s fifth-grade math class is running on a firm schedule. In one corner of the classroom, Ms. Montano huddles with a small group of students, working through a lesson about place value: Is 23.4 or 2.34 the bigger number? Nearby, other students collaborate to…
Why More Students are Repeating a Grade By Brooke Schultz and Heather Hollingsworth HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — As Braylon Price remembers it, he struggled with pretty much everything the first full school year of the pandemic. With minimal guidance and frequent disruptions, he had trouble staying on top of assignments and finishing homework on time. It was so rocky his…
CVS Study: Women’s Post-Pandemic Health Contrasts Men’s By Marija Butkovic CVS Health’s 2022 Health Care Insights Study finds that female U.S. consumers are very interested in engaging health care providers in discussions about their holistic health, mental health, and physical health goals, although women post-pandemic struggle more with mental health, anxiety, and achieving their health goals compared to men. The study,…
Latinx Kids Are Experiencing Grief At High Proportions COVID-19 has left many Latinx families mourning the lives of their loved ones. Here’s how to make sure that kids are being supported along the way. By Jassyel Gomez As we continue to navigate our way through the COVID-19 pandemic, with ever changing guidelines and new variants appearing every few months, the virus, which…
Pandemic Learning: Roadblocks, Resilience, and Resources By: Jacqueline M. Nowicki The COVID-19 pandemic upended school as we’ve known it. Across the country, school systems struggled to provide a stable learning environment to help students while also protecting their health – there were many challenges. In today’s WatchBlog post, we look at our three new reports on pandemic-related learning loss in…
Closing the Gender Gap in Educational Leadership From coast to coast, men are replacing women in education leadership at alarming rates. By: Julia Rafal-Baer The pandemic has impacted every facet of American education and the consequences, both academic and beyond, could reverberate for decades to come. But while much of the focus of the pandemic’s effects has been on classroom experiences…
How to Thrive When You’re Working From Home If your company is planning for hybrid or fully remote post-pandemic, here’s how to make working from home work for you. (Even if you’re an extrovert!) By Lisa Milbrand The great working-from-home experiment that the COVID-19 pandemic created seems to have been a success for many companies—a recent Price Waterhouse Cooper survey of employers…
Why Mom’s Mental Health is More Important Than Ever Moms’ mental health has been hit hard by the pandemic, with experts reporting higher rates of anxiety and depression. Here’s how to avoid burnout. By Claire Gillespie The COVID-19 pandemic has created a mental health crisis (or, some would argue, worsened one we were already in the midst of). Nobody is immune from…
How to Draw Fitness Boundaries When Your Home Is Your Gym These fitness tips can help you define your line. By Kate Willsky Originally, I’d planned to start working on this article as soon as I finished a 40-minute cardio barre class in my bedroom. But once the class ended, some intrusive thoughts crept in. In that moment, it seemed…
Moms Are Getting Crushed In This Pandemic Reshma Saujani discussed why we need a Marshall Plan for Moms By David Kirkpatrick Reshma Saujani is one of the country’s most creative activists committed to fighting for women. Her successful advocacy first became evident when she founded Girls Who Code in 2012. Now, Saujani is spearheading a new campaign called A Marshall Plan for…
