Even during these troubled times of pandemic, middle school students everywhere continue to face another malicious malady: the potentially deadly addictions of nicotine, tobacco and vaping. Given the loss of many healthy outdoor and indoor activities, 25% of teens still choose vaping for their so-called “recreation.” Recreation it surely is not! Read on. Since vaping attacks and weakens the lungs, contracting the
RE@LBlog STEAM Teacher Report: A few years ago, Ellen Schafer was freshly graduated from the University of St. Thomas (UST) in St. Paul with a double major in Elementary Education (K-6) and Science and Math Endorsement (5-8). Luckily for both, she found that her former grade school and alma mater, St. Joseph’s Grade School, was also
RE@L thanks frequent blogger and nationally-known educational historian, Diane Ravitch, for alerting us to a recent, thought-provoking headline and a key follow-up story from the Boston Globe™ newspaper. RE@L is pleased that this Globe story does NOT address statewide competency exams that students need to pass in order to graduate. Nor does it deal with any impossible promises to make all students
RE@LBlog is proud to share with our readers some of the many insightful and helpful comments we received this past weekend. Thank You! RE@L depends on our readers to improve not only our RE@LBlog, but also our new RE@L LearningProducts™. Already we have made free to our readers our successful middle school student anti-vaping product; 1UP
RE@LReport this week is excerpted from Axios News, May 9, 2020: “The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Transforming HowTeachers Teach,” by authors: Kim Hart & Alison Snyder. Click on the Axios graphic to the right for their entire column. This timely RE@LReport tells how the pandemic is changing the way teachers teach and the way students learn. Changes in K12,
RE@L – The Brand That Makes Sy-STEM-ic K12 EdTech Change Happen Again and Again! Real Experiences at Life (RE@L) reflects today’s ever-changing education environment. RE@L is unique in its approach to build K-12 on-line curriculum based on 4 key principles: 1. Drive Systemic Change – Make a real difference via STEM and STEAM-based products and experiences for all K12
“1Up On Vaping” is taking down teen nicotine by giving middle school students the tools they need to make healthy decisions about vaping and nicotine use. Teen e-cig use has reached epidemic proportions and the best way to stop it is to educate students in ways they’ll respect and remember. Students tell us they like to explore
RE@L is honored to present this University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development “Alumni Profile” Spring 2020 recognition of our RE@L Chairman, Dale LaFrenz. Proud we are! Here’s Dale’s Profile from the U of M: ===== Dale And His RE@L Team Are “Still On The Trail!” “The pioneer” Story by Gene Rebeck – Spring 2020
Hey, all you loyal RE@LBlog Readers out there: Thank you! Thank you for your many email comments on Ellie’s StudentCorner™ blog. Click on the graphic to the right to read Ellie’s previous blog story if you missed it. Note: Ellie isn’t yet an astronaut, but that’s her dream and Photoshop helped us show it. She’s still
Hi everyone! It’s Ellie, back again reporting from my RE@L StudentCorner™! I am excited to be returning to my Corner to talk more about STEM in my life, and how it’s leading to my STEM “dream” job! Here’s my own STEM story: “Growing up, I had been to a few STEM camps. I live near to a university, so they