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The most successful educators navigate the learning process by developing mentor-student relationships. Constructive interactions produce powerful outcomes. Miscommunications, mismatched expectations, or mistrust can put the success of the relationships—and the institution itself—at risk. Mentors support and guide student development. Mentors include teachers, instructors, advisors, leaders, and coaches. Students are pupils, mentees and learners generally. They can be any age. Students […]

Mental health issues weigh heavily on high school students. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly a third of adolescents experience a mental health disorder at some point during their high school years. Here at Stride, more than a few school leaders have told us that mental health isn’t just an important point of concern—it’s become the only point […]

Months after Covid-19 shutdowns overturned our lives, people continue to ask big questions. What’s normal supposed to look like? Which trends are here to stay? In the world of high school athletics, the answers to these questions will prove critical over the coming years. Two trends in particular point to major shifts on the playing field: tighter financial conditions and […]

What defines a crisis? How about 1 in 2 high school students feeling hopelessness or sadness—or 1 in 4 experiencing suicidal thoughts.  That’s the latest national data from the CDC. Three years ago, it reported 1 in 3 students feeling hopelessness or sadness, and 1 in 6 having suicidal thoughts, which was up from about 1 in 9 ten years earlier. Anxiety, […]