5 Ways Parents Can Support SEL

Parenting has never been easy—especially now. We want to acknowledge all of the time and effort that goes into what you’re doing. Adults, along with kids, experience a range of emotions throughout the day and sometimes even throughout the hour.  One thing that can help lighten the load is helping kids develop skills to identify […]

Tips for the Novice Professional Development Presenter

I remember when I was in middle school, I knew that I was going to be a teacher when I grew up, and I just kind of assumed that by the time that happened, I would be confident enough to stand in front of a classroom and speak. When I got to high school, and […]

The Mailbox® Plus Earns Tech & Learning Award of Excellence

Infobase is pleased to announce that The Mailbox® Plus has been chosen as a winner of Tech & Learning‘s Awards of Excellence: Best of 2021 in the Primary Education category.  According to Tech & Learning’s website, the contest focused on “outstanding products that supported education this past year no matter the learning environment, whether face-to-face, […]

Pencils Will Be the Death of Me

The pencil. Such an iconic image of the classroom. Yellow. Number 2. Orange eraser. Sharpened to a point. So simple. Yet oh so aggravating. I was that annoying kid who loved school from PreK all the way through college, and even now in my master’s program. I always did my homework on time. I only […]

Learn About Multicultural Scientists with Science Online

Science Online has always been a great place to find helpful lists linking to short biographical articles and other search results on leading computer scientists, physicists, inventors, engineers, environmentalists, astronauts, and mathematicians, all accessible via the Featured People slider on the home page. Now, just in time for Black History Month, that slider has a […]

Celebrate National News Literacy Week with Infobase

From fake news to conspiracy theories and from infectious memes to the ambiguous “I read it on the Internet,” we have access to more information than ever before, yet with unvetted sources comes more ambiguity. As a result, adults and students are increasingly unable to distinguish between legitimate news—information gathered in a dispassionate search for […]

Ted Lasso: 12 Lessons on Social and Emotional Learning

There are two big things the pandemic has given us that we didn’t know we needed. One is an emphasis on social and emotional learning (SEL), and the other is TED LASSO. Now you’re probably asking yourself: What on earth does an Apple TV show about an American football coach who is recruited to coach […]

Keating-Owen Child Labor Act: A Historical Controversy from Issues & Controversies in History

A Historical Spotlight from Issues & Controversies in History: KEATING-OWEN CHILD LABOR ACT: Should the Federal Government Regulate Child Labor? Was the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act constitutional? Did the federal government have the power to regulate child labor, and should it? Be sure to check out Issues & Controversies in History’s complete and unbiased coverage of […]

SEL: Essential Skills for Tomorrow’s World

In preparing students for the essential skills that they need for the future, we have many opportunities to bring different methods and digital tools into our classroom space. When considering the skills that our students will need, I refer to the skills outlook from the World Economic Forum to stay up to date. Some of […]

Learn “How to Write about Literature” with Bloom’s Literature

Sometimes, the hardest part of writing a research paper on literature is getting started. Do you want to write about a certain work? How about themes that appear in one work, or across different works by different authors? Did the historical context of those works play any role in their creation? And, once you’ve hammered […]

For Primary Sources, Make Infobase Your First Stop

Anyone who wants to study history needs access to primary sources—copies of the documents, photographs, recordings, and other content created during the period being studied. Historians turn to primary sources first when doing research, but it’s not just historians who benefit from them. Primary sources are absolutely crucial to students who are learning about history, […]

Find Reliable Teens’ Health Resources in Health Reference Center

We know that a solid health education for young people is crucial for them—not just to keep them healthy in the short term, but to help them maintain good health habits as adults. Alcohol, anxiety and depression, family life, fitness and nutrition, online safety, stress, substance abuse, vaping—all of these issues pose challenges to teens […]