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OPINION: The pandemic gave graduating high school seniors new strength and resilience

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FAAFP, is a family physician, clinical instructor for UMass Medical School and author of “ The Ultimate College Student Health Handbook.” The pandemic flipped life upside down for students everywhere, but we believe this pandemic-powered senior class developed an incredible skill set that may ultimately serve them well moving forward.

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The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

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In Toppenish School District in Washington State, serving Yakima County, however, the transfer of a student to online learning for 10 to 20 school days is used as a top-tier disciplinary sanction, according to its student handbook. The district did not respond to requests for comment. “I Louis, in the spring of 2022.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

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. — At the beginning of every school year, April Johnson oversees distribution of the Covington County School District student handbook. Tucked into the first half of the handbook is a section titled “Corporal Punishment.”. Yet students at Collins Elementary join the increasingly isolated ranks of those legally paddled at school.