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5 Ideas to Improve Rural Education in America

The CoolCatTeacher

The need for more rural education advocacy. An example of a rural program from the Farm Bureau that is an exemplary idea we can use in education. Daisy spent her last 4 years in public education (2011-2015) as a “Turnaround Principal” of a Rural, Isolated, Pre-K-12 Public School. www.daisydyerduerr.com.

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

Waterford

Self-care activities can be small- to large-scale habits, with examples ranging from packing a healthy lunch to waking up early every day to do a mindfulness meditation before work. People in caregiving positions like teachers, for example, often find it easier to tell others to take care of their health than to do so themselves.[7]

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Why are wealthier students getting lower prices than their low-income peers?

The Hechinger Report

He had to get help from an advocacy group called College Possible to pay his rent. An athlete while he was in college, Agyei had to work to pay some of his expenses and needed help from an advocacy group to keep paying his rent as his tuition increased. Meanwhile, he noticed that his bills from the college kept going up. Miguel Agyei.

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A Viral Video Showed a School Officer Body-Slamming a Student. Years Later, Signs of Change.

Edsurge

A lawsuit that has been playing out in South Carolina offers a powerful example of the systemic issues involved. The story started in 2015, after a student captured video on her cellphone of a white school resource officer violently flipping over a Black student in her desk and dragging her across the room before arresting her.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Toxic Stress in the Classroom

Waterford

2] Children who experience toxic stress, for example, are more likely to develop the following mental and physical illnesses later on:[3]. 4] For example, children with toxic stress are more likely to fit the parameters for chronic absenteeism , or excessive school absences.[6] Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2015, 100(9), pp.

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The Awkward Truth About ‘Free College’—It Isn’t Truly Free

Edsurge

But as soon as more people showed up to campuses in 2015, Tennessee higher ed leaders discovered a problem: Students were surprised by the additional costs of going to college. For example, in the 2017 cohort, 26 percent of white participants graduated on time, compared to only 9 percent of Black participants.

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PROOF POINTS: Could more time in school help students after the pandemic?

The Hechinger Report

Indeed, many advocacy groups, including the Learning Policy Institute and Ed Trust , are recommending extending learning time next year. The 38 studies in the review that focused on longer days or longer years sometimes found an academic gain for just one group of students, for example, third graders, or for just one subject.

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