Survey results: Teens don’t feel challenged in school and feel unprepared for future
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Hope and despair: Implications for life outcomes and policy
Carol Graham Sage Journals Abstract People’s ratings of life satisfaction, hope, and other dimensions of their well-being have become important metrics in disciplines such as economics and public health because they predict health, productivity, employment, and other social outcomes. Recent research…..
K-12 Schools Struggle to Engage Gen Z Students
by Zach Hrynowski (Gallup) Story Highlights 25% to 54% of Gen Z K-12 students are lacking engaging school experiences Engagement is particularly low among non-college-bound students Students are most excited to learn when teachers make it interesting WASHINGTON, D.C. — As parents…..
Social-Emotional and Mental Health Programming and Services for Students-MCPS
Last revised: April 25, 2024 IJA POLICY BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY Related Entries: Responsible Offices: ACA, COA, COA-RA, IGN, IGO-RA, IHC-RA, IJA-RA, IOERA, IOE-RB, IOI-RA, IOH-RA Deputy Superintendent; Office of School Support and Well-being; Office of District Operations Social-Emotional…..
He wanted to focus on issues students cared about. Then the crises began.
By Nicole Asbury Washington Post July 10th 2024 Sami Saeed first got a glimpse last summerof how intense his term would beas the student representative of Maryland’s largest school district. Protesters were flooding Montgomery County’s school board meetings to call for the district to let families…..
Volunteer fatigue
Worker burn out is common current experience. Teachers, nurses, doctors, people working in businesses and organizations feel burdened by stresses and pressures. A general malaise results. Many leave positions and the workforce. Others “work to rule” — doing the absolute…..
MCPS teacher resignations, retirements up 38% in past school year
by Caitlynn PeetzJuly 13, 2022 2:25 pm More than 1,000 Montgomery County Public Schools teachers resigned or retired in the last year, a 38% increase from the year prior, according to district data. Between Sept. 1, 2021, and July 7, 2022,…..
Montgomery County allows students, staff to take mental health days
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. – This article is part of “Solutionaries,” our continuing commitment to solutions journalism, highlighting the creative people in communities working to make the world a better place, one solution at a time. Find out what you can do to…..
Can a civics teacher persuade her students to believe in democracy?
Story by Greg Jaffe Shannon Salter aimed to turn all the seniors in her high school civics class into voters. Her task has never been harder. Story by Greg JaffePhotography by Michelle GustafsonJune 29, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.ShareCommentAdd to your saved storiesSaveHuman read|Listen30…..
Meeting the Chronic Absenteeism Challenge What Do We Know?
Robert Balfanz Everyone Graduates Center, School of Education, Johns Hopkins University This brief aims to provide a synthesis of what we know about the district and school challenges of post-pandemic chronic absenteeism, and what can be done to meet them……