Wayfinder K-12 Blog

Teaching for Prevention: Addressing Substance Misuse in Schools

Substance abuse in high schools is not a future threat—it’s a present-day challenge. Data from the CDC shows that nearly one in three high school ...

Professional Demand Overwhelmingly Favors Human Skills Over Technical Skills

With the future of work more uncertain than ever, researchers have been working to identify skills that will remain in demand across professional ...

Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis in K-12

A Response to Harvard’s Report 'On Edge: Understanding and Preventing Young Adults’ Mental Health Challenges' Mental health challenges among young ...

Teacher Training to Combat Chronic Absenteeism

Teacher Training to Combat Chronic Absenteeism with Whole-Student Education Chronic absenteeism is a critical issue facing schools nationwide, the ...

Enhancing Student Growth with Advisory Activities in K-12

Download Wayfinder sample curriculum and activities perfect for use in advisory! Download Sample Advisory Activities. A well-crafted advisory can ...

Wayfinder's 21st Century Skills Curriculum Boosts Student Purpose 75%

In spring of 2022, leading educational researcher and author of Teaching for Purpose, Dr. Heather Malin, published a program evaluation of ...

Foster Belonging + Purpose: Activities for High School

Community-Building + Personal Development Activities for High School Students Developing interpersonal skills is a fundamental part of PreK-12 ...

3 Quick Openers for Staff Meetings

We hear words like burnout, stress, and overwhelm repeatedly used to describe the current feelings of many educators. According to a survey of ...

Enhance School Culture with Whole-Student Education

Over the past few decades, there's been a growing talk about whole-student approaches to learning. Because of its relative newness to the education ...