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

Waterford

Read on to discover what self-care is, why it’s important for educators, and how to bring it into your daily life as well as into your school. By taking small steps every day and figuring out how to take care of yourself, you can cultivate health and well-being. Public Health, 123(11), November 2009, pp. What is Self-Care?

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Inside a Preschool That Treats the Youngest Victims of the Opioid Crisis

Edsurge

The National Head Start Association, a nonprofit advocacy and professional support organization for Head Start, convened an Opioid Working Group in spring 2018 after hearing from educators that children in areas hardest-hit by the opioid epidemic were exhibiting an unusually high frequency and intensity of challenging behaviors.

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Can mental health training for teachers reduce preschool suspensions?

The Hechinger Report

she asked the group. She’s been working with this group and 20 other preschool teachers and directors in the area since the beginning of the school year. 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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How a growing number of states are hoping to improve kids’ brains: exercise

The Hechinger Report

Indeed, students are mostly unimpressed with how much movement they get in their day. 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 At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It

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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. I can count with my hand the times he actually gave us information about how to apply to college.”

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Is teacher preparation failing students with disabilities?

The Hechinger Report

But in those early days, Fair had no idea how to handle her students with disabilities, whose educational challenges ranged from learning deficits to behavioral disturbance disorders. Over time, Fair figured out how to navigate these situations and talk students “down from the ledge.” Educators say little has changed since then.

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Bullied by the badge?

The Hechinger Report

But according to a group of parents, it has a more sinister side: school-based police officers are arresting a rising number of teenagers, most of whom are black. The group circulated a petition, calling for an end to “excessive and inappropriate” use of law enforcement.

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