Education Week

5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Class Activity Breaks

Physical activity breaks in the classroom can help ramp up student fitness and increase attention—or turn into a chaotic hassle that teachers work to avoid. Fewer than 9 percent of school-age children ...

A Dad Says His Son’s School Required a $200 “Optional” Trip Fee for Everyone to Attend a Class Activity, and Parents Who Couldn’t Pay Weren’t Told Until After

It began as a standard school announcement that appeared innocuous at first, but it quickly turned into a full-fledged parent ...
Education Week

Students Need More Exercise. Here’s How to Add Activity Without Disrupting Learning

Sharie Murray noticed the benefits of getting kids moving during the pandemic. The K-3 special education teacher and her colleagues at North Elementary School in Birch Run, Mich., started to use short ...
Western Michigan University

First Day of Class/Introduction Activities

The first day of class is important no matter the modality, level of learners we are working with, or how many first days an instructor may have had. Each course is different, and it can still cause ...
JournalofAccountancy

4 fun activities for the accounting classroom

Creativity is the key to keeping the current generation engaged in the classroom. “Today’s students have so many more distractions—buzzes and beeps from their cellphones letting them constantly know ...