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Student Digital Signals: Navigating the District Digital Landscape


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01 Apr 2021

Student Digital Signals: Navigating the District Digital Landscape

Fast-forward to 2025—how will we look back at 2020 and 2021 from an education perspective? Will the efforts to address multiple challenges around cont...


By     Lillian Kellogg
29 Mar 2021

How Microsoft and Gaggle Support SEL

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is important to ensure student success both in school and in life. When students are more in touch with their emot...


By     Gaggle
25 Mar 2021

American Rescue Plan Provides Funds for Student Well-Being

President Biden completed his first major promise in office: getting Congress to pass the $1.9 trillion stimulus package, known as the American Rescue...


By     Susan Gentz
23 Mar 2021

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week

During the pandemic, Gaggle has observed some concerning student safety trends. Among these trends is a 59% increase in student references to drugs an...


By     Jack Russell
18 Mar 2021

The Dangers of Selfies

The ever-evolving life of a teenager is more challenging and has more confusion and pain than ever before. Of course, we all struggled at some level t...


By     Dr. Lisa Strohman
15 Mar 2021

Pornography or Exploitation? Why Words Matter

While legal terminology still refers to visual depictions of sexually explicit conduct involving minors as child pornography, many organizations and a...


By     Lisa Railton
12 Mar 2021

Our Heroic Students

Throughout the past year, we have seen many heroes emerge. Our first responders, doctors, nurses, grocery workers, lawmakers, education leaders, teach...


By     Jennifer Garrison
09 Mar 2021

The Power of Hope

Hope is a force that no one doubts or disagrees is a good thing. What we are unsure of is what exactly hope is and, more importantly, what it looks li...


By     Angela Maiers
04 Mar 2021

Inside Gaggle: Interview with Brock Carothers

Brock Carothers’ entire career has been focused on education and supporting students. He started as a financial aid counselor at a higher education in...


By     Lisa Railton
01 Mar 2021

Get to Know a Gaggle Therapist: Dr. Aida Vazin

With mental health on the forefront of education, the connection between students and therapists has never been greater. This connection has also been...


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