The start of the school year can be stressful, but parents of neurodivergent children are more likely to report back-to-school stress, feeling overwhelmed, unprepared and scared than other parents, according…
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Click here for more.“Wellness is a revolution—of communal support, of liberation. But this requires a few things…It’s first knowing the genesis of the very concept. It was always about healing oneself so that…
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At the height of the Black Lives Matter movement — after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer in 2020 prompted nationwide outrage over police brutality…
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In a middle school classroom in this Colonial-era city north of Boston, four 13- and 14-year-old boys were creating a poster with icons of their favorite apps. Ruler in hand,…
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Every administrator is aware of the critical need to rapidly scale up our ability to adequately support student mental health in our nation’s schools. School leaders are stepping up to…
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Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the same thing every day,” said Jean-Baptiste,…
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The third-grade students at Roberta T. Smith Elementary School had only a few days until summer vacation, and an hour until lunch, but there was no struggle to focus as…
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School-based coaches specialize in areas such as classroom management, behavior, literacy, math, technology integration or special education. By working collaboratively with teachers, they can foster a positive and productive learning…
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Special education advocates are visiting lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week, urging them to dedicate more funding to student mental well-being and special education teacher shortages to improve outcomes for…
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Soon after she had gone to jail for trying to get her children a better education by falsifying her family’s address, Kelley Williams-Bolar’s teenage daughter Jada confronted her mother with…
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Angela Girol has been teaching fourth grade in Pittsburgh for over two decades. Over the years she’s noticed a change at her school: It’s getting hotter. Some days temperatures reach…
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As a school counselor, Leighanne Mainguy can never be sure what’s in store for her each day. Some days, she arrives at her elementary school to learn that a student…