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The Weekly Connect 5/3/21

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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:

Schools can use federal Covid relief funds to invest in integrated student support programs like City Connects.

To better target resources, educators should look at students’ academic and health metrics.

President Joe Biden plans to expand universal preschool.

New York City will conduct mental health screenings of all its students and have social workers in every school.

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The Weekly Connect 4/26/21

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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:

Gifted education programs provide little or no academic boost to students.

Schools must design effective plans for using federal Covid-relief funding.

The pandemic is making the transition to kindergarten harder. 

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The Weekly Connect 4/20/21

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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:

Schools can help students navigate the mental health challenges caused by the pandemic.

Trans students need the support of educators, especially as legislators are filing bills that would limit the right of trans people. 

Addressing COVID-19 attendance barriers.

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The Weekly Connect 4/12/21

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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:

Pre-k may boost students’ math scores as much as eight years later.

Eighty percent of K-12 educators have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

As schools move through the pandemic, they should factor in the impact of adult stress on students. 

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The Weekly Connect 4/5/21

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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:

The pandemic mutes reporting of child abuse because fewer children are in school and school personnel are the primary reporters of abuse.

Tennessee’s governor proposes a mental health trust fund to help K-12 schools deal with the pandemic’s aftermath.

How schools can address anti-Asian violence.

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The Weekly Connect 3/29/21

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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:

Learning loss is more prevalent among low income students who have less access to technology.

The U.S. Department of Education will use Covid relief funding to help schools districts plan summer learning and enrichment programs.

The pandemic is overwhelming school counselors who work in poorer districts and have high caseloads.

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The Weekly Connect 3/22/21

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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:

Suburban public schools are now majority non-white.

Colorado addresses the pandemic’s toll on the mental health of students’ and teachers’.

A year into the pandemic, students still lack reliable Internet access.

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The Weekly Connect 3/15/21

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Here are some of the things we’ve been reading about this week:

High dosage tutoring in a Chicago high school helped improve students’ math grades.

The newly enacted American Rescue Plan directs more funding to schools than past federal Covid relief.

Bilingual learning pods help English Language Learners.

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