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3 tips to combat chronic absenteeism in high schools

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In elementary school, there’s frequent outreach. A recent report found that this wanes somewhat throughout middle school, and, by the time students reach high school, many schools subscribe to the belief that the need for school-to-home communication diminishes.

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The Irvine USD Adds Care Solace to its Comprehensive Mental Health and Wellness Services

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IUSD is partnering with Care Solace to support its mission of providing school-based mental health and wellness services and resources to students and families. Since becoming a school district in 1972, IUSD schools have been nationally recognized for comprehensive programs in academics, the arts and athletics.

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Principals Are on the Brink of a Breakdown

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It’s been extremely difficult,” said Michael Brown, a high school principal in Westminster, Maryland, and president of the Maryland Association for Secondary School Principals. Davis-Vaught, of Virginia, left her principalship at an elementary school last month for a role as chronic absenteeism program director for the district.

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17 Hero Awards finalists demonstrate their commitment to education

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For years, the school had been searching for ways to reverse the pattern of disengagement, build motivation to complete schoolwork and get students over that finish line at graduation. With no school counseling team — and teachers weary from other new programs and systems — EPIC needed a partner it could trust to serve Tier 2 students.

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As Schools Turn to Tech for Mental Health Support, the Best Solution Might Be More Analog

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One challenge that students face as they advance through grades is that, as they get older, they get less individualized attention from adults at school, she explains. The startup company provides telehealth counseling to middle and high school students through school districts.

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This District Helps Young Kids Identify Their Interests — and Ideal Careers

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The engineers who participated liked working with kids, and many shared their frustrations with never receiving much targeted help with career development in school. In high school, he reasoned, students might take vocational training courses, intern at local businesses or meet with guidance counselors to discuss their future.

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Adolescents Need More Proactive, Preventative Mental Health Supports in School

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Many educators at the elementary level understand that social-emotional learning and development is baked into the job description — that part of their responsibility as educators is to support learners’ ability to identify, express and manage their emotions in healthy ways. Too often, the older students get, the less schools prioritize SEL.

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