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Why Schools Still Struggle to Provide Enough Mental Health Resources for Students

Edsurge

We know many districts wanted to use ESSER funds to hire more staff, but workforce shortages prevented them from doing so,” Vaillancourt Strobach says, referring to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund.

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Homeless Students Are Missing School. Does Having a Separate School for Them Help or Hurt?

Edsurge

Most students are referred to Monarch School through social workers from other institutions, and the school says that’s because of the social programs it offers. Senate found that Monarch School’s students had poor reading and math skills when compared to public schools in the San Diego area, especially for elementary students.

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Excellent Free STEM Strategies from TGR Foundation and Discovery

The CoolCatTeacher

They encourage self-advocacy skills and foster a growth mindset through t heir award-winning STEM curricula, college-access programs , along with a digital platform for educator professional learning. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Toxic Stress in the Classroom

Waterford

2] This can refer to any stressful or traumatic event that occurs during childhood, such as health issues, loss of a loved one, community violence, and abuse or neglect.[4] Refer students with severe stress or ACEs to a counselor or school specialist, if possible. 5 Quick Tips to Prevent or Alleviate School Stress. Johnson, S.B.,

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How ‘Climate Anxiety’ Affects Students — and What We Can Do About It

Edsurge

That is to say, people who are part of certain racial groups — likely a reference to the outsized impact climate change has on Black and Hispanic people — and low-income people. It makes you feel super helpless, especially when you start acknowledging who gets affected.” Do what you can with what you can.” Photo courtesy of Perkins&Will.

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Education Has Been Hammering the Wrong Nail. We Have to Focus on the Early Years.

Edsurge

They were referred to the Lourie Center in Rockville, Md., Moreover, children who are expelled in preschool or early elementary are 10 times more likely to be incarcerated. He was also experiencing speech delays and was challenged in everyday communications. Lucas needed help. So did Maria and her husband.

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Lost in translation: Parents of special ed students who don’t speak English often left in the dark

The Hechinger Report

The special education system can be “incredibly difficult for everybody,” said Ramona Hattendorf, director of advocacy for the Arc of King County , which promotes disability rights. Then everything is exacerbated when you bring language into the mix.” And if a parent needs interpretation or translation, the wait can last even longer.

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