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How school counselors reduced chronic absenteeism and suspensions at a California school district
The Livingston Union School District improved chronic absenteeism, suspensions and student well-being by investing in school counselors, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools.
5 Outdoor Activities to Reenergize Your Class
Taking lessons outside can help elementary students feel more connected to and excited about the content they’re learning.
‘Would You Protect Me?’ Educators Weigh What to Do If ICE Detained a Student
For months now, April Leachman, a middle school science teacher in Dallas, Ga., has been addressing fears and concerns from her immigrant students over the possibility of federal immigration agents coming to their school.
Hot classrooms, leaky roofs — one student’s fight for better school facilities
Miliani Rodriguez is a senior at Coachella Valley High School. The school buildings are old, she says, and they show it. The air conditioning often breaks in over 100-degree heat. When it rains, the ceilings leak. The sinks in her ceramics classroom broke and flooded the classroom.
Miliani thought these kinds of things were normal, after attending school in the Coachella Valley Unified School District since kindergarten. But last year she visited her cousin's high school, just a couple of miles away from her, and found modern buildings, spacious athletic fields, and working air conditioning.
How One State is Leading the Way for English Learners With Disabilities
Texas officials are making progress toward creating a new bilingual special education teacher certification, which advocates hope will set a national example for states serving students dually identified as English learners and students with disabilities.
9 Contemporary, Indigenous Graphic Novels for Kids and Teens
Graphic novels by and about Indigenous people are a growing and important category. Here are some recommendations from School Library Journal.
Adapting Gradual Release of Responsibility for English Language Learners
This model provides scaffolded active engagement and opportunities for guided practice to help students master new skills.
Families ‘horrified’ after daycare teacher pulled out of preschool by armed federal agents: parents
Federal immigration agents pulled a teacher from inside a North Center daycare Wednesday morning, causing a chaotic scene and “traumatizing” workers, parents and children, neighbors and officials said.
The Ballad of a Mexican American Schoolboy Who Helped Pave the Way for Brown v. Board of Ed
A stunning novel-in-verse sheds light on an unheralded moment in American history — when a Mexican community triumphed over educational injustice.
How One District Approaches the ‘Science of Reading’ With English Learners
Almost 1 in 4 students are enrolled in a dual-language, Spanish-English program in the Southside schools in San Antonio. So when the district embraced the “science of reading,” it prioritized figuring out how new practices could work in Spanish — and how instruction could best support students learning a new language.
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