Teaching Measurement Skills for Life

Students having the knowledge and familiarity with various forms of measurements is important because the need for measuring and estimating will appear in innumerable ways throughout their lives, whether it be in baking a cake, arranging the furniture in a room, or creating various crafts. A UK research study has found that since the 1970s,…

Fight Back Against the Opioid Epidemic

Operation Prevention is the brainchild of a collaboration between the Drug Enforcement Administration and Discovery Education hoping to activate and facilitate conversations about drug-free living, particularly as it relates to opioid abuse and addiction. The site provides resources including lesson plans that vary by age group. Majority of people in the U.S. have in some…

We ♥ Afterschool! Celebrate February 14th

February 14th is We Love Afterschool! day and the Afterschool Alliance has created a toolkit for you to use with your students. Students will be able to express what it is about the afterschool community they love and share it with the wider public. As Valentine’s Day approaches, share messages on social media using the…

CofC highlighted in NAESP Afterschool and Summer Learning Site!

The new portal on NAESP’s Afterschool and Summer Learning site is up and running. Fran Welch, Dean of Education, Health, and Human Performance, and Courtney Howard, Director of the Center for Partnerships to Improve Education, both make appearances in the video discussing various Charleston schools’ partnership with the College. The Summer STEAM Institute as well…