How Teachers Can Help Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences

Adverse childhood experiences, also known as ACEs, are any kind of traumatic event a child may experience. These traumatic events include neglect, abuse, or exposure to violence, or suicide in their home lives. Unfortunately, experiences like this can cause lasting, chronic health problems such as mental illness or addiction as children grow into adults. Adverse […]
Do You Know How Our Current Grading System Was Founded

This is a fun fact email when it comes to how schools “grade” students. Since most schools today use the point system for their method of scoring classroom assessments, I thought it might be informative to consider its origins. 1917 – The United States Army develops an Alpha test, multiple-choice and true-false questions to determine […]