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Understanding and Addressing the Surge of Chronic Absenteeism

Edsurge

percent of the student population, were chronically absent in the 2021-22 school year. This definition differs from truancy, which only calculates unexcused absences. One thing that stands out is the percentage of elementary and middle school students who are chronically absent: around 20 percent. According to data from the U.S.

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Why We Need to Talk About Teacher Trauma

Edsurge

For over a year, EdSurge has been exploring how school communities are adapting to meet the needs of all learners as they face the 2021-22 school year through our Voices of Change project. These conversations revealed the value of exploring the distinction between these terms and their implications for student and educator well-being.

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District leaders: Act now to avoid financial disasters after COVID relief funding ends

eSchool News

In 2020 and 2021, Congress passed the CARES and ARP Acts, which created and added to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Program ( ESSER ). But as many large organizations return to normal, school districts face a daunting challenge: key federal relief funds are set to expire next September.

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A federal definition of ‘homeless’ leaves some kids out in the cold. One state is trying to help

The Hechinger Report

That triggered a series of financial setbacks and, by October 2021, she owed more than $10,000 in back rent. Her two youngest, both attending Vancouver’s Washington Elementary School, had struggled with remote learning and still lagged their peers in basic math and reading.

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Scaling-up high-dosage tutoring is crucial to students’ academic success

eSchool News

The pandemic left students, on average, five months behind in math and four months behind in reading by the end of the 2021-22 school year, with even more significant losses for students in majority-Black or low-income schools. Moreover, it must give that precise definition multiple times throughout the survey to reduce confusion.

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24 classroom games to make student learning FUN

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Some of the systems that could be changed in order to support teachers (many of which are described in this 2021 NEA article on teacher burnout ) are being doubled down vs. released. Best for elementary (grades K-5). Best for secondary (grades 6-12). Games best for elementary grades. Scroll down for secondary games).

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‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

The Hechinger Report

Next year will be a better year, definitely. I’m definitely worried about mental health, and there’s a lot of kids that have depression and they joke about it a lot: “Oh, yeah. Even when we were in elementary school, like with the stock market crash, everyone moved. I definitely think we’ve learned to be more adaptable.