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Trump's Executive Order on School Discipline Clashes With What Research Says Works

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Rather, its the years-long attempts to make school discipline more fair that earned ire. The Trump administration is] saying fairness is discrimination against white kids, or Asian kids in some instances, and there's no basis in research or facts. One bit of evidence for that idea?

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Five ways school leaders can end the year on a strong note

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Well-being resources : Encourage self-care by providing resources such as access to counseling services, wellness programs, or relaxation spaces within the school. Highlighting their achievements can boost morale and encourage a supportive school culture. This could include science fairs, art exhibitions, or community service projects.

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Prioritizing teacher well-being can help schools retain talent

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While all administrators should consider it a priority to arrange fair pay, it’s also important to look at what other resources you can offer. Consider subsidizing telehealth counseling that more effectively fits into teachers’ schedules. Your approach here should certainly include building a culture of openness around mental health.

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What Public School Teachers Want: Less Disruption

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Teachers want fair funding for all schools. Brick and mortar charter schools have been known to use questionable (and unethical) recruitment techniques and “counseling out” poor standardized test-takers. Charter schools have been known to cherry pick students by race, class and even disability levels. What do teachers want?

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Counselors Couldn’t Keep Up With Our Growing Mental Health Crisis, So Peers Stepped Up

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I became assistant principal in 2018, but served as dean of culture at Westgate for three years prior. Even when I came on and there were two of us counseling, it wasn’t enough to support that many students. We set norms and ground rules, we gave each person involved a fair opportunity to speak and we followed that darn script.

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What Schools Miss When They’re Missing Relationship Data

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They can administer culture and belonging surveys that measure how students and staff experience and perceive their community. Palette is still in beta, but will launch a half dozen or so pilot programs this fall in advising, coaching, mentoring and counseling programs. That’s not to say schools fly entirely blind. explained Schwartz.

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Revisiting the Legacy of San Francisco’s Detracking Experiment

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Performing the Autopsy Proponents of the detracking effort see themselves as fighting against the tide of the countrys education system and, even more difficult, its culture. But is that true, and if so what would it look like?

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