Education
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Protect Your Voice This Back-to-School Season
ASHA Shares Tips for How Teachers and Students Can Avoid Voice Problems Caused by Overuse ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — As staff and students begin their return to classrooms, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is urging the entire school community to take care of one of their most important tools: their voices. Teachers, principals, paraeducators, and coaches are among the school staff who are professional voice users. “Teachers, principals, speech-language pathologists, paraeducators, and coaches are among the school staff who are professional voice users,” explains ASHA 2025 President Bernadette Mayfield-Clarke, PhD, CCC-SLP. “They often push their voices beyond healthy limits, particularly early in the school year when they are working extra hard to…
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10 Smart Tips for Supporting Your Gluten-Free Student
10 Smart Tips for Supporting Your Gluten-Free Student brought to us by Carolyn Haeler Founder Carolyn Haeler adds:“Get kids involved in planning their own gluten-free meals. Grocery shopping together is a great time to teach label reading and introduce new options. Think beyond boring brown bags—try bento boxes, reusable snack bags, or insulated jars for hot lunches.” Planning for school events like pizza parties, Halloween, or Thanksgiving? Ask about menus in advance so you can provide safe, gluten-free alternatives—like a personal gluten-free pizza. Thank you, Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
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Back to School Survey: 64% of Teens Not Learning About AI at School
Survey by Junior Achievement Finds That 60 Percent of Teens Say Main Purpose of Education is to Prepare for Future Job or Career (Colorado Springs, CO) – A new survey by Junior Achievement shows that nearly two-thirds of teens (64%) report that their schools or teachers do not teach about or encourage the use of AI as a learning tool. In the same survey, 60 percent of teens believe the main purpose of education is to prepare students for future jobs and careers. Research shows that AI is expected to have a pronounced impact on employment in the coming years. The survey of 1,008 teens between 13 and 17 was conducted by Big…
