Number of homeless students doubles in past 10 years

More than 1 million U.S. students were homeless in the 2013-14 school year -- twice as many as a decade ago. A report from Civic Enterprises highlights homeless students and their challenges through interviews with 44 such students and a survey of 158 who were homeless during middle or high school. - http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/06/13/481279226/as-the-number-ofhomeless-students-soars-how-schools-can-serve-them-better

Sexual Violence Prevention Technical Package

Sexual violence is not inevitable; it is a public health problem that can be prevented. It can result in physical injuries and psychological impacts that can be severe, long lasting, and costly. But sexual violence is not inevitable; it is a public health problem that can be prevented. CDC created a technical package for states and communities to apply the best available evidence in preventing sexual violence. Learn more about CDC's technical package to prevent sexual violence - http://www.cdc.gov/features/sexual-violence-prevention/index.html

CDC Releases Youth Risk Behaviors Survey Results

CDC released new data from Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Report - 2015 on health risk behaviors among high school students. Learn more about working with teens to help them establish healthy behaviors - http://www.cdc.gov/Features/YRBS/index.html

Ideas for nurturing the maker mindset

Nurturing a maker mindset in students requires both physical and mental tools, educator Jennifer Pieratt explains. Pieratt, founder of CraftED Curriculum, describes six mental tools, including free play and reflection. EdSurge - https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-06-06-6-must-havesfor-developing-a-maker-mindset

New report highlights results of survey on parenting education

A new report by the National Parenting Education Network (NPEN): Parenting Education Engagement and Outreach presents the results of a survey NPEN conducted about work being done in parenting education. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0BJGfTE91a3bEV5Zy03RTdnbkk/view

The science behind how we taste and smell food

Guy Crosby explains how our sense of taste and smell is clearly linked to overall health, and why some of us may be "super-tasters." http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2016/05/31/super-tasters-non-tasters-is-it-better-tobeaverage/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Update_06.03.2 016%20(1)&utm_content=

Twitter as Professional Learning Network

Tips for managing Twitter feeds Educators can use Twitter lists to exchange tips with their peers and build professional learning networks, education-technology coach Cate Tolnai suggests. Tolnai offers tips for educators on setting up and organizing Twitter lists. SmartBrief/Education - http://www.smartbrief.com/original/2016/05/tech-tip-how-use-twitterlists?utm_source=brief