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On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not

The Hechinger Report

Nevertheless, teens report that their own mental health is spiraling : Increasingly, they are anxious, depressed and wrestling with thoughts of suicide. As other measures improved, youth also reported feeling less anxiety and depressive symptoms. Fewer teens are taking up smoking. Arrest rates among teens are dropping.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. ” A Hechinger Report analysis found that such lofty goals were common in the 10 years after Hurricane Katrina, particularly between 2008 and 2013, when dozens of new charter schools opened across the city. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

Kelly Field, for The Hechinger Report. To answer that question, The Hechinger Report combed through grant databases, legislative records and lobbying disclosures, looking for the forces and funding behind LD 1422. Kelly Field, for The Hechinger Report. The Gates Foundation is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.).

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School Leadership Strategies for Preventing and Responding to Cyberattacks

edWeb.net

The top cybersecurity threats to schools outlined in the CoSN Cybersecurity Report are Phishing, Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS), Data Breach, Ransomware, and IoT (Internet of Things) Attacks. After the cyberattack, the crisis response is invaluable to assess why the attack happened and develop new protocols if necessary. “It’s

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Positive Behavior Supports Creating Meaningful Life Options for People with ASD

Digital Promise

Preferences can be assessed and individuals can be taught to make choices related to their preferences, thereby minimizing the frustration of seldom being able to choose what is meaningful. Menstrual discomfort as a biological setting event for severe problem behavior: Assessment and intervention. The Reporter 13(2), 1-5, 15.

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Can a nonprofit turn around a school in a juvenile detention facility?

The Hechinger Report

While acting as Maya Angelou’s principal from 2007 to 2011, Domenici crafted short, thematic modules that not only met state curriculum requirements but also grabbed kids’ interest quickly — a necessity, since detained students may stay for only a short time. percent earned a high school equivalency degree or diploma, the report found.

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‘You can’t help but to wonder’: Crumbling schools, less money, and dismal outcomes in the county that was supposed to change everything for black children in the South

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Rory Doyle for The Hechinger Report. State and federal education leaders have feted Mississippi’s four-year stretch of improvement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. White students account for less than 5 percent of enrollment in these districts, according to a Hechinger Report analysis of state data.

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