Many students in K-12 schools are facing significant mental health challenges. In 2023, four in 10 high school students experienced feelings of sadness or hopelessness, and two in 10 students seriously considered attempting suicide, according
A 22-year-old program at the University of Virginia helps school districts find ways to improve student learning based on local circumstances, according to an article in K-12 Dive. The process typically takes 2 1/2 years
“Learned helplessness” is the belief that even with effort, a student will not progress, can resist help, quickly surrender academically and display passive behaviors, said speakers at the recent Council for Exceptional Children’s annual convention, according
School District of Philadelphia (PA) Superintendent Tony Watlington is accelerating a post-pandemic learning recovery in the nation’s 8th largest school district (200,000+ students) with curriculum rollouts, facilities improvements and more agenda action items, according to
“Opportunity youth” get free job training and support through the Youth Employment Services program, according to an article in Mirror Indy. Here’s the challenge: Covid 19 increased the number of young people out of school
If a child believes they are bad, they’ll likely act that way because that’s the role they think they’re supposed to play, writes Dr. George Philhower, the superintendent of Eastern Hancock Schools, a rural district
Results from the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are not encouraging, according to article in The 74. The alarming results are consistent with earlier iterations of NAEP and highlight decade-long trends of both
As schools continue to recover from the pandemic, there’s one troubling COVID symptom they can’t seem to shake: record-setting absenteeism, according to an article in The 74. Troubling data are beginning to emerge: In Oakland,
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 10-year data summary trend report notes that 40% of high school students experienced persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness; 20% seriously considered attempting suicide; and almost 10%
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