by Andrea Payne | Oct 8, 2021 | Education News
Cultivating calmness and enabling students to develop coping skills through mindfulness exercises to overcome the stress and anxiety caused by the pandemic is a priority for educators and schools. Students and staff are still facing lingering concerns after battling a...
by Andrea Payne | Sep 10, 2021 | Education News
When I went to my very first new teacher orientation training in 2003, the assistant principal running the show advised all of us rookies to be careful when drinking adult beverages in restaurants. It’s just awkward to run into a kid and their family with a beer in...
by Andrea Payne | Sep 3, 2021 | Education News
COVID continues to expose the cracks in our societal structures. It is completely possible for us to just shuffle from year to year, trudging along within ineffective systems…until something unexpected pops up and demolishes that system, finally spotlighting the...
by Andrea Payne | Aug 27, 2021 | Education News, Legal Developments
The Texas House Public Education Committee passed SB 15 earlier this week. This bill would allow schools to create programs for virtual learning, enabling some students to attend class via computer. According to the draft bill, schools must qualify by earning at...
by Andrea Payne | Aug 20, 2021 | Education News
There were several new developments this week in the Mask Wars raging throughout Texas schools. First, Disability Rights Texas filed a federal lawsuit against Governor Greg Abbott and TEA Commissioner Mike Morath. The suit claims that the executive order banning mask...
