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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:
Over the past decade, kids’ mental health hospitalizations have surged.
States have been spending Covid relief funds on positive reforms.
The school shooting in Nashville reveals misperceptions about this kind of violence.
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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:
Less sleep during the pandemic linked to students’ poor mental health and to more difficulty with schoolwork.
States are spending federal Covid relief funds on accelerated and extended learning time, such as tutoring and after-school programming.
Even in the shadow of debates about book banning and LGBTQ rights, schools can do more to promote positive engagements with families.
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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:
Despite national efforts, tutoring only reaches a fraction of students.
Rural areas lag in funding to help homeless students.
Rhode Island uses federal Covid aid to help students who are English learners.
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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:
Black and Latino children often don’t receive Early Intervention services.
Because of different federal definitions of homelessness, many kids are falling through the cracks.
Even as the pandemic wanes, chronic absenteeism remains a problem.
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Continue reading “The Weekly Connect 3/13/23”City Connects Coordinators and our community partners work together to create wonderful opportunities for students. Here’s a roundup of past blog posts about their work.
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Dayton Flight: a community partnership that connects students to African-American men
City Connects Blog, October 27, 2022
Keisha Anderson is working to engage more African-American men and bring them into her school.
“I want to open school spaces to dads, uncles, male mentors, pastors, barbers, whoever has a positive male influence in students’ lives. I am opening doors so they can come into our building.”
Anderson is the City Connects Coordinator at Belle Haven Elementary School in Dayton, Ohio, and although she’s excited about having mothers, aunts, and female mentors in her school, she says that these women already show up. Teachers are already comfortable reaching out to mothers. And there are already a number of programs that focus on girls.
To be inclusive and focus on boys, Anderson reached out and formed a community partnership with Dayton Flight, a professional basketball team.
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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:
Because of the pandemic and other factors, more collaboration on student mental health is needed.
Policymakers should monitor the quality of student support services as schools rush to implement these programs.
The job turnover rate for teachers and principals exceeds pre-pandemic levels.
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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:
Students benefit from having trained mentors.
How educators should handle ChatGPT cheating.
States back away from Covid vaccine requirements.
Los Angeles offers its students telethreapy.
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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:
Dramatic increases in mental health challenges for teenage girls.
Proposed New York State law would limit length of school suspensions.
Most of the United States is dealing with a teacher shortage.
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