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3 tips to combat chronic absenteeism in high schools

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Key points: Light-touch, low-cost interventions focused on attendance can pay dividends Student success is impacted by issues outside of school, survey finds How bullying contributes to K-12 student absenteeism For more news on student success, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub One surefire way to support student success?

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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. They help with private insurance, Medi-Cal, and no insurance, and are available 24/7 in any language. About the Irvine Unified School District.

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Why These School Districts Serve Children Beginning at Birth

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The family engagement room at Belleaire Elementary School in the suburbs of Omaha is bustling on a late October morning. Kindergarten teacher Kelsea Heesacker comes in to chat with the school counselor and to grab a winter coat for a little girl who came to school without one. BELLEVUE, Neb.—The

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

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Suddenly, lessons on the physics of energy were tied to teaching kids how to be theme park engineers, and language arts and math lessons were anchored in running and marketing a profitable startup. That tracks with how programs like World of Work should ideally be designed, says Poynton, the UMass professor who studies career counseling.

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Adolescents Need More Proactive, Preventative Mental Health Supports in School

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Many districts form partnerships with local health care providers, offering a ladder of support that ranges from counseling to day treatment facilities and more intensive overnight care. Just like learning a language, when we start cultivating these skills early, they grow over time and stay with us for life.

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They Left Teaching in Search of a Better Life. Did They Find It?

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In a private Facebook group with more than 76,000 members, called Life After Teaching , current and recovering educators seek counsel, share progress reports and offer words of encouragement. She says the job requires organization and people skills, both of which she also needed to be a successful elementary school teacher. “I

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How Schools Can Build a Culture of Support for Educator Mental Health

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We saw how having the language to talk about difficult experiences —such as prolonged exposure to intense stress and collective trauma—serves as a critical first step in being able to acknowledge, process and face these widespread events.

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