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Student Success

How special education directors can build the best teams

Jennifer Belcher -
Special education directors must prioritize hiring individuals with the necessary skills and experience, as well as those who share a commitment to serving students with disabilities.

Chronic absenteeism: How to cure K12’s version of ‘long COVID’

Matt Zalaznick -
Chronic absenteeism has eased some from post-pandemic highs but it remains more severe in districts that, even pre-COVID, had been struggling most to keep kids in school. School leaders will need "both carrots and sticks to address the problem," one researcher contends.

New legislation makes educators and students in 2 states feel safer on campus

Will Fullerton -
Alyssa’s Law requires public elementary and secondary schools to be equipped with “silent panic alarms directly linked to law enforcement.”

Supreme Court clears way for elite high school’s race-neutral policy

Matt Zalaznick -
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology's policy is allowed to stand by same Supreme Court that found affirmative action unconstitutional last year.

Buzzword watch: ‘Durable skills’ are the new soft skills

Matt Zalaznick -
Soft skills nudged the phrase 21st century skills out of the K12 lexicon and now it's being replaced by this latest college-and-career-oriented buzzword: Durable skills.

Many school buildings are more outdated than their computers

Matt Zalaznick -
We're not going to string you along with a lot of build-up here (pun intended): The average age of schools in the U.S. is nearly 50 and more than a third of the buildings were built before 1970.

Go beyond career-ready: Get ​​career active

Dana Godek and Michael Moore -
K12's new approach to college and career readiness must be grounded in the three ‘ships’: mentorship, internship, and apprenticeship.

1-on-1 coaching is the missing piece in student mental health

Katie Dorn -
Students aren’t the only ones struggling. School staff face increased pressure to support the rising number of students in need of help—at a time when educators themselves are at a breaking point.

Student-school counselor ratios are improving. Is it enough?

Micah Ward -
There were about 385 students for every school counselor in the 2022-23 school year, a sizeable improvement from the previous year. Meanwhile, schools are still battling an ongoing mental health crisis.

Here are the 5 essentials in an incident response plan

Joe Hendry -
When it comes to emergency planning, the “it won’t happen here” mentality is no longer an option for schools.

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