by Andrea Payne | Mar 27, 2020 | Ed311, Fresh Ideas, Uncategorized
Now is a great time for families to begin mindfulness-based practices to help ease the strains and stresses of this difficult time. Padmaja Sarathy, author of Mindfulness-based Practices for Developing Brains: Cultivating Calmness, Concentration and Coping Skills,...
by Andrea Payne | Mar 25, 2020 | Ed311
A great irony people are discovering as schools are shuttered and staff are working from home is that there is an unbelievable amount of things for administrators and teachers to wrangle with right now. Spring break hasn’t been extended, folks. People are working,...
by Andrea Payne | Mar 23, 2020 | Ed311
ED311 would like to bring you various resources that we hope are beneficial during this time of extreme-social-distancing-education. For the first Resource Round-Up, we’re focusing on wellness. We partner with some amazing expert organizations that specialize in...
by Andrea Payne | Mar 20, 2020 | Ed311, Education News
Governor Abbott has officially closed all schools in Texas till at least April 3rd. Many people expect closures to be extended beyond that, whether it’s from state-wide mandate or the decisions of local districts. Texas school districts are doing an incredible job of...
by Andrea Payne | Mar 18, 2020 | Ed311
As in, these are unprecedented times. This is an unprecedented situation in America. It is unprecedented for so many public schools, throughout both Texas and the nation, to close like this. And it is certainly unprecedented for TEA to waive STAAR administrations. It...
