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Improving Social-Emotional and Reading Skills

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SEL also decreases behavioral issues, dropout rates, drug use, and teen pregnancy, so the advantages of including it in elementary and secondary classes are clear. And, the goals for students engaged in this type of learning include self-esteem, empathy, motivation, and commitment. Join the Community.

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Does Presence Equal Progress? Tracking Engagement in Online Schools

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We all remember classmates who sat in the back of the room, eyes glued to a comic or dog-eared paperback, anything to escape a learning environment that did not—or could not—engage them. But these concerns exist as well for traditional brick-and-mortar schools, some of which have failed generations of students.

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