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Why Teacher Self-Care Matters and How to Practice Self-Care in Your School

Waterford

In fact, practicing self-care can be in the best interest of everyone in your classroom. The definition of self-care is any action that you use to improve your health and well-being. Public Health, 123(11), November 2009, pp. National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, June 2014, pp. Self-Care Ideas for Teachers.

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The SLIDE Study: A chat with Deb Kachel (Part 2)

NeverEndingSearch

Deb : Definitely. Is that academic leadership and advocacy being spread those through universities to their school librarian alumni? Is there an infiltration of leadership and advocacy coming from those universities that also helps to encourage school librarian employment in those states? 5 position for every 500 students.

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Many state flagship universities leave black and Latino students behind

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: “It matters who’s enrolled at flagships, because they tend to go on to be leaders in their states, particularly in politics and in business,” said Andrew Nichols, director of higher education research and data analytics at The Education Trust, an advocacy group that focuses on college access.

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How a growing number of states are hoping to improve kids’ brains: exercise

The Hechinger Report

Teacher Travis Olsen has an exercise bike in the back of his seventh-grade science classroom that kids are welcome to use whenever they feel the need. During a group science lab in Giebel and Jolma’s class, Anna Wang, 13, sat on one of the wobbly chairs the school purchased for classrooms this year. “It

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Can mental health training for teachers reduce preschool suspensions?

The Hechinger Report

The hope is that these experts will help teachers remain calm and focused in the classroom so they can be patient with their most challenging students. For example, a consultant’s assistance helped a pair of teachers who were at a loss on how to deal with a boy who arrived each day to his preschool classroom crying.

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

The Puerto Rican rate is from 2009-2010, the latest available in a territory whose government produces few up-to-date statistics, and which federal counts often don’t include; experts say it’s likely only gotten lower since then. Related: New data show some colleges are definitively unaffordable for many. Department of Education says.

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Deciding what matters: Authentic teaching through setting boundaries

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I was introduced to Gerardo’s work through a podcast he co-hosts with Kevin Adams called “Too Dope Teachers,” and his advocacy for equity and antiracism. The teacher was still considered to be the center of what happens in a classroom. I know you’re really well-known for giving 100% of yourself in the classroom.

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