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Student Success

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Many school buildings are more outdated than their computers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.

These are 2024’s most—and least—educated states

Micah Ward -
K12 school quality doesn't necessarily guarantee a student higher earning potential but there's certainly a correlation, researchers at WalletHub report.

Report: Educators, focus on these 5 concepts to make testing fairer

Matt Zalaznick -
Creators of standardized assessments tend to avoid cultural topics in their questions based on "fairness and colorblindness." That practice, however, may be making these sometimes high-stakes tests less fair for Black, Latino and other underrepresented students.

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