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The Netherlands has a Different Approach to Sex Education
A helpful article for health educators and policymakers as the reflect on best practices for teaching students about healthy intimacy and...
Apr 3, 20241 min read
New Ideas for Student Community Supports
Changes from COVID school closings helped students from Chalkbeat https://www.chalkbeat.org/2024/03/14/how-covid-aid-ushered-in-ability-t...
Mar 15, 20241 min read
New Policy Guides for Child Labor
The Economic Policy Institute has issued a new set of policy recommendations regarding prevention of oppressive child labor. Check out...
Feb 28, 20241 min read
Students Need Hope
Last month in my hometown we had a snow storm on ML King Day. While I was snowed in I picked up a collection of speeches written by Dr....
Feb 1, 20242 min read
One School's Experiment on Cell phones
What happened when a Massachusetts school barred smartphones? From The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/17/cel...
Jan 20, 20241 min read
Let's Get Outside
In the introduction of his book Last Child in the Woods Richard Louv writes that his son commented, “‘Dad, how come it was more fun when...
Jan 10, 20243 min read
New York State Making the Right Moves for SEL
Several years ago the state of New York began revising its graduation requirements and the testing regimen-The High School Regents Exams....
Nov 14, 20232 min read
Support for Boys
Every so often, a news story about boys and poor school outcomes is published. Most feature experts discussing this problem. There are...
Nov 2, 20232 min read
Prevent Chronic Absenteeism with a Sense of Belonging
Many dedicated teachers may miss opportunities to prevent chronic absenteeism. As teachers, we all understand that regular attendance...
Sep 7, 20234 min read
School Mental Health Services Being Cut
As Federal COVID funding ends, schools left with hard choices about what to cut-many schools are cutting mental health services. From...
Sep 6, 20231 min read
Teach Kindness All the Time
I recently had a discussion with a colleague about the importance and difficulty of teaching students to be kind to each other. Some...
Aug 30, 20232 min read
Set Restorative Norms on the First Day of School!
Implementing norms to make restorative practice part of the classroom culture at the beginning of the school year involves preparing for...
Aug 16, 20232 min read
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