Navigating Literacy Development During Adolescence
What factors contribute to the development of literacy skills in adolescence? On this episode of the Alliance for Excellent Education’s Critical Windo...
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A podcast from the Alliance for Excellent Education that explores the rapid changes happening in the body and the brain during adolescence and what these changes mean for educators, policymakers, and parents.
Death and Disability Rates Jump Dramatically During the Teen Years—Here’s Why
Too often people think stereotypically about the period of adolescence as a time of vulnerability, risks, and problems. You may even be guilty of this...
Lessons in Equity from Gifted Programs
Gifted programs are structured to cultivate and maximize the strengths of an individual. Through enriching instruction and engaging curriculum, studen...
How Sports and Coaching Influence Social Emotional Learning in Young People
Sports provide a place for young people to grow, learn, and enhance their physical skills, but, with the help of good coaches, they will learn more th...
Believing All Students Can Learn
When you step into your classroom each day, do you believe that all your students can succeed? Does this belief shape how you teach and engage your st...
Exploring Racial and Ethnic Identity Development During Adolescence
There’s no question that our country is diversifying. By 2030, immigration will overtake births as the dominant driver of population growth. Soon, the...
How the Opioid Crisis Is Affecting Students
The opioid crisis is shaking the nation and greatly impacting young people. In just one year, 42,000 people died of drug overdoses involving opioids. ...
Critical Window: The Impact of Trauma on Student Learning
Feeling frustrated that your lesson plan isn’t resonating with your students? Before you throw it out, you should know that there may be more going on...
Critical Window: When Students Trust Their Teachers
As a professor of human development in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland, College Park, D...
Critical Window: Navigating Student Activism in an Era of Parkland
March for Our Lives. DREAMers. Black Lives Matter. Young people are lifting up their voices and demanding a seat at the table to discuss issues of imm...