Today’s young people spend an alarming amount of time in passive, solitary screen use, writes Shawna Rosenzweig, CEO of Camp Fire, a youth development organization, in an essay in The 74. Research has linked heavy passive screen use among
Summer isn’t a break — for the families school districts most need to engage with, summer is the time to act, writes Piper Bognar, Superintendent of the Van Dyke Public Schools in Warren, Michigan, in
Central Wake is a small public charter school that takes a personalized approach to learning for students who have dropped out of high school or are on the verge of dropping out, according to an
A recent RAND study noted that one in four students today doesn’t think being chronically absent from school “is a problem,” according to an article in The 74. About 40% of school districts consider reducing
Investments in school counseling can improve school climate and academic and behavioral outcomes, according to a recently released study from the University of California, Los Angeles Center for the Transformation of Schools and reported on
Many factors contribute to why some high school students are considered at risk, according to Penn Foster. Academic, social, health, and engagement barriers can lead to dropouts, late graduation, chronic absenteeism, and course or year
At Antioch High School in Contra Costa County, Calif., students sign up to become peer advocates and support peers through counseling, mentorship, conflict mediation and brief interventions for substance use and mental health, according to
Poor attendance may hurt academics before reaching the common threshold for chronic absenteeism of missing at least 10% of school days, according to a new study detailed in an Education Week article. Absence rates of
Pilot studies conducted by Judy Paulick and Natalia Palacios, professors at the University of Virginia Education School, have shown that with training, teachers who engage in home visits with families change their beliefs and understanding
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