eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2024

The latest data shows that the number of public school students who miss at least 10 percent of their school days–whether excused or unexcused–has nearly doubled. Students who miss school also miss important social interaction with their peers, access to regular meals and special services such as speech therapy or counseling.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As a former public-school teacher, I know that my students sometimes acted out when they didn’t receive the additional educational supports they needed. Nevertheless, during the 2017-18 school year, the CRDC reported, 69,492 students received corporal punishment, on top of 92,479 students in 2015-16. Go home” meant suspension.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2021

Students returning to college campuses this fall may experience a transition similar to what astronauts go through when they return to Earth after a mission in outer space. The long journey of the coronavirus pandemic took students through dimensions of online learning, social isolation, economic anguish, personal loss and mass grief.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 Community School in San Francisco opened its gymnasium to homeless students and their families as part of its Stay Over Program in 2022. They include access to medical, dental, and mental health providers as well as social workers.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2024

Research shows that “when it comes to student performance on reading and math tests, teachers are estimated to have two to three times the effect of any other school factor, including services, facilities, and even leadership.” Students matter AND district leaders need to prioritize taking care of the adults who take care of the kids.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2021

A year ago, I wrote “ The Next Pandemic: Mental Health ” for National Mental Health Month, published in May 2020 in EdSurge. We were two months into the pandemic in America and already early signs of a mental health crisis were emerging from isolation and trauma. Our mental health crisis.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

million students attending public schools in rural areas – more than one in five students nationally. The report critically examines how educational supports and resources for rural student well-being are distributed. Roughly half of all rural students attended school in 10 states.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. enVision offers an innovative math curriculum that helps educators teach with confidence and inspires students with hands-on, problem-based learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2021

In addition to fulfilling their instructional duties, the educators we work with are juggling many intersecting issues that include providing support for the families of their students and managing their own families' pandemic-driven needs. Taken together, such a balancing act can take a toll on educators’ mental health and well-being.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2024

This call for a blanket ban on phones in the classroom ignores the fact that, for Gen-Z students, tech is a key part of their learning experience. Smartphones allow students easy access to videos, interactive 3D models, and a range of multisensory educational materials helping to form stronger cognitive connections.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2024

From missing school to devastating psychological distress, the consequences of bullying are so detrimental that scholars refer to it as a public health problem. A global health problem Dan Olweus published significant findings on bullying in 1978, and the topic has received considerable attention in the academic literature since the late 90s.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2022

As we enter a new era of focusing on mental health, we must prioritize Black young adults. A study in The Journal for Community Health found that the rate of death by suicide among Black girls ages 13 to 19 rose 182 percent between 2001 and 2017. The recent losses of Ian Alexander, Jr., These numbers demand action.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2020

In May, after weeks of juggling child care and full-time work while in quarantine, I hit a physical and emotional wall. At the end of a particularly long day, I remember a Zoom meeting in which a colleague suggested that we find a way to recognize our graduating master’s students. So, I found a new gear and kept on moving.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has upended the American education system at all levels, and it is taking a serious toll on student mental health and well-being. A recent survey from Active Minds, a mental health nonprofit, found that 80 percent of the high school and college students surveyed are having difficulty concentrating.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2019

[ Editor’s note : eSchool News is thrilled to partner with The Brzycki Group to help our audience navigate the growing body of work and best practices in student wellbeing and social-emotional learning (SEL). We often hear educators ask, “Where do I start?”. An integrated wellbeing framework.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2020

Frustration, stress and anxiety each impact leaders’ motivation, engagement and physical and mental health—and in some cases can lead to burnout. The first is health concerns about their faculty, staff and students. The toll of the coronavirus on our nation’s school leaders is palpable. What can help?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A wrestler and physical education major, he suffered a concussion and a sprained ACL. I have been struggling to keep mentally strong.”. His struggle — and openness — are common now, both on this 3,300-student Lutheran campus and at colleges across the country. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Andrea Maldonado was diagnosed with Graves’ disease during her sophomore year of high school, which stopped her from swimming competitively and began impacting her mental health. This story also appeared in The Dallas Morning News. Credit: Ben Torres for The Dallas Morning News.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The 9-year-old had been drawing images of guns at school and pretending to point the weapons at other students. When assessments are deployed well, she explained, they can be essential to preventing violence in schools and mobilizing resources for a struggling student. He’d become more withdrawn, and had stared angrily at a teacher.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

You are truly rock stars for getting your students (and yourselves) through a difficult year. This year will likely bring about new challenges and obstacles, and we know at times you will feel stressed. Extended exposure to toxic stress also can have lasting mental and physical health effects.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2020

On top of normal pressures, current events are causing stress related to job and financial worries, health risks, and disruption to our normal routines. When not addressed, stress can lead to harmful health concerns like anxiety and depression, reduced attention, impaired self-regulation, and decreased learning readiness.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Only a handful of students wore face masks, and even then, some put them on to cover up pimples, staff said. Students stopped to hug in the hallway and ate lunch side by side in the cafeteria. “I That day, his seventh graders were working to add and subtract fractions — a skill students usually learn in fourth grade.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A notable new lawsuit against social media industry leaders by the Seattle school district has left legal experts divided on how the case will unfold. That’s what’s on the line: the mental health of the current generation and those that follow.” Or, as others expect, it could fizzle out with little chance of winning in court.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

One area we rarely discuss in the education ecosystem is how to support teachers’ mental, physical health and well-being. I had the chance to chat with Dr. Jared Scherz, the founder of TeacherCoach , and a former elementary school guidance counselor who became a clinical psychologist in New Jersey. The list is long.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. Stay tuned, because the second group of finalists will be featured on eSchool News next week! Read about the three 2023 winners here.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

The wildfires that ripped through California towns torched school buildings and postponed the start of school as students and teachers were left homeless. Students from Greenville will have the option of attending another school in the district unharmed by the fire. It makes you physically ill to go into town,” said Chelotti. “It

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Waterford

JUNE 23, 2020

These goal suggestions can guide you as you prepare for a new school year that may remain uncertain even through back to school season. Restrictions vary depending on the school district and will likely change based on local health department guidelines. Plan for student break times in online lessons.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

How can I hold in one hand dystopian headlines about schools — closures for excessive heat , dilapidated buildings with dangerous indoor air quality , shortages of school-based mental health professionals , a worsening mental health emergency — and, in the other, the promise and excitement of a new year of learning?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

But there is also some promising news: Neuroscience has provided us with programs to mitigate the stress effects of Covid-19. Children without these traits are more likely to misuse drugs, develop criminal records, become unemployed and exhibit a variety of physical and mental health problems as adolescents and young adults.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, and that means educators across the globe are still finding inventive and innovative ways to support and teach students in classrooms, during hybrid instruction, and in virtual settings. As COVID-19 swept across the nation, many schools moved student and staff safety to the top of their priority lists.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In education, where the success of students is intricately linked to the motivation and dedication of faculty and staff to go the extra mile, elevating employees’ well-being is not only a humane thing to do, but a crucial component of improving employee morale. They were often proudly displayed on lockers, in offices, and in classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

These problems increased as she entered her teen years, and became even more severe in ninth grade, when she enrolled at Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, a vast campus with nearly 2,000 students. I’d find anything to hold on to physically, so I wouldn’t have to move.” (The Ava, student, Cambridge Rindge & Latin School.

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 29, 2020

Eliminate structure of hourly periods and teachers/students in a box. Create modules of learning that: Help guide students to their clearest path of interest. Provide a comprehensive mix of experiences, both mental and physical, that encompass individual, small group, large group, and cyber learning. Common sense tools.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The availability of this funding, along with the complex trauma issues brought on by the pandemic–including social isolation, depression and generalized anxiety–have prompted educators to increase their focus on the importance of social-emotional learning (SEL) to address all students’ needs. What is a sensory space?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2019

And as a Program Manager with the District of Columbia Public Schools Mental Health Team , he and his colleagues support the efforts of school-based social workers who deliver Evidence-Based Treatment (EBT) interventions. Here, Gotel speaks with EdSurge about the impact EBT interventions have on DCPS students.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Teachers want to provide students with experiences they will enjoy. Why give students a reading that they may not do when you could give them a video they are more likely to watch? It also highlights the costs, in terms of mental health, of spending so much time on screens. and it is sobering.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Mississippi has been highlighted in a new report as one of ten states in the nation that has robust policies that encourage “healthy schools,” defined as those that fully support a student’s “academic, physical, emotional, and social well-being.”. Many of the state’s children also lack access to mental health care.

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