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Adolescents Need More Proactive, Preventative Mental Health Supports in School

Edsurge

Department of Health and Human Services in 2022 found that between 2016 and 2020, the number of children ages 3 to 17 diagnosed with anxiety grew by 29 percent, and those diagnosed with depression grew by 27 percent. And there are increasing reports from adolescents of anxiety, stress and mental health challenges. A study released by the U.S.

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How one district has diversified its advanced math classes — without the controversy

The Hechinger Report

Shannan Bittle, a secondary math specialist for Union, said new academic programs — like aviation and construction — could offer students more ways to apply higher levels of math in lucrative jobs. “We Miguel, right, helps Josue with an exercise on graphing coordinates during Kelly Woodfin’s sixth-grade math class.

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There Are 700K+ Credentials — and Counting. Which Ones Are ‘Quality’?

Edsurge

In 2016, Credential Engine set out to tally all the badges , degrees, certificates, licenses and diplomas available to denote educational attainment. What may sound like a meditative exercise in patience does have a practical purpose. They’re still counting. So far, the Washington, D.C.-based

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Winter is here

Learning with 'e's

For the second year in the UK, secondary (high) school numbers have grown, and it's expected that over the next 8 years there will be a 19% rise in these numbers , with over 600,000 additional students. In many secondary schools, students are now being taught mathematics by teachers who are not qualified to do so.

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ChalkTalk Reemerges to Find Scale in Schools—and More Funders

Edsurge

ChalkTalk launched in 2016, graduating from Boston’s LearnLaunch accelerator, a program that mentors and invests in early-stage education companies. Every four weeks, ChalkTalk will highlight the topics where a student may be weakest and provides additional practice and exercises to help him or her revisit and master them.

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McGraw-Hill Education launches free project-based literacy instruction

eSchool News

Released in conjunction with the 2016 National Title I Conference, the complimentary 15-day lesson plan covers all five stages of the SRA FLEX Project Experience in an easy-to-follow sequence, aiming to boost literacy skills through reading, writing-centered activities and group collaboration.

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Free K-2 Earth Environmental Education Curriculum Now Available

TeachThought - Learn better.

The Think Earth Environmental Education Foundation, a leading non-profit provider of environmental education for primary and secondary schools, is making its award-winning curriculum available free online. Materials include a teacher’s guide, posters, handouts, practice exercises, videos, and songs. by TeachThought Staff.