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Research has shown for more than a century that students fall behind during the summer break. An expert offers six tips on ways to help children keep up their academic skills during the summer.
Millicent Brown, left, was one of the first two Black students to integrate a South Carolina public school, in September 1963.
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An expert on food policy explains how the end of COVID-19 waivers will impact children’s access to food, as well as the importance of food banks and pantries.
Students may self-report distress when given the opportunity.
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Waiting for kids to show signs of distress has little value, says a researcher who is pushing schools to take a more proactive approach toward student mental health.
Educators get little to no training in how to deal with traumatic events.
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Schoolteachers routinely report feeling ill-prepared to guide their students through difficult conversations about high-profile violent events.
Classmates in grades 3, 4 and 5 are more likely to come from diverse economic backgrounds than their schoolmates in grades 6, 7 and 8.
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In middle school classes, students from lower-income families tended to be concentrated in just a few classrooms, new research from North Carolina has found.
Misbehavior increases the risk of being bullied.
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School districts throughout the nation are beginning to heed calls to give students and teachers a day off in observance of the Eid al Fitr, a major Islamic holiday held at the end of Ramadan.
The Minneapolis public school system helped to musically educate artists like Prince, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
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Music education in Minneapolis public schools stood out as one of the best and gave rise to the city’s music scene that helped propel Prince to fame, a scholar writes.
Evidence shows that students are being arrested for minor misbehavior.
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Interviews and surveys with hundreds of teachers and school administrators reveal the effect of persistent staffing shortages on school personnel – and on students.
Teachers across the U.S. have been under stress throughout the pandemic.
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School districts across the US are starting to pay subs more and make it easier to become a sub – in an effort to keep classrooms operating despite large numbers of staff out sick.
So far, there have been 222 school shootings in 2021.
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