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Student behavior

5 strategies to address student school refusal

When anxiety is causing a refusal to attend school, educators and support staff can take several actions to help, including teaching coping strategies and promoting social modeling.

Teaching in a crisis: Finding solutions during a pandemic

Six teachers discuss how they are creatively managing different types of instruction, and how policymakers and stakeholders can help.

Teaching in a crisis: Life on the front lines and on video screens

Six educators share their thoughts on the fear of COVID-19, the connections with students and parents and the staffing shortages in schools.

Teaching in a crisis: Educators discuss morale amid COVID-19

Six teachers across the country reflect on instruction, time management and learning in 2020.

Legislative watch: Bill to curtail restraint and seclusion in schools

Democratic members of Congress have reintroduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act, which would make it illegal for schools receiving federal money to seclude children and would ban certain restraint practices.

Violent crime leads more affluent students to switch schools

Exposure to violent crime in one city's urban elementary schools led more students to switch schools—particularly more affluent children who live in safer neighborhoods.
Tue Nov 17th, 2020

Launch Pad: A middle school space with a path to the future

A transformed library at Cajon Valley Middle School is giving student and parents a chance to pursue their dreams in a personalized new way.
Tue Nov 17th, 2020

FETC preview: Be revolutionary, make change happen now

Keynote speaker Eric Sheninger says the COVID-19 pandemic might provide the one opportunity to completely transform education for the better.
Thu Nov 12th, 2020

Boulder Valley superintendent talks challenges of 2020

Colorado district that was thriving before the pandemic has faced some setbacks, particularly with staffing, but it isn't losing sight of its mission to serve all students.
Wed Nov 11th, 2020

How one state is tackling declining enrollment numbers

Connecticut's Department of Education is taking a more proactive approach to reporting on and releasing data on attendance during the pandemic.
Wed Nov 11th, 2020

Georgia district hosts weeklong Black Lives Matter event

Education sessions for students highlight the district's celebration of the movement.
Mon Nov 9th, 2020