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Understanding Who Is Missing and Why
The pandemic only magnified chronic absence among students with the greatest needs and made the problem harder to ignore.
read moreTrauma-Informed Practices: A Whole-School Policy Framework
State leaders can ensure that more school staff are equipped to help children deal with the effects of trauma.
read moreCentering School Connectedness
High schools are creating student success teams that prioritize relationships and leverage actionable data to reconnect students to school.
read moreGetting Students Engaged in Learning
Targeted interventions and savvy classroom practices, coupled with supportive state policy, can draw disengaged students back in.
read moreDespite Challenges, States are Strengthening the Pipeline of School-Mental Health Staff
NASBE analysis identifies the challenges of attracting and retaining this workforce and highlights several states that are working to build a sustainable pipeline of SMHPs.
read moreStates Face Challenges Building a School Mental Health Workforce
Challenges persist in attracting and retaining this school-based mental health professionals, but some states, including Virginia, Ohio, Colorado, Michigan, and others, are making progress.
read moreStates Take Measures to Ensure Students’ Access to Menstrual Products in Schools
New NASBE analysis highlights how states have increasingly opted to combat “period poverty.”
read moreStates Address Access to Menstrual Products in Schools
States such as Georgia, New York, Utah, and others have increasingly opted to combat “period poverty" by expanding access to free menstrual products in schools.
read moreState Efforts to Address Substance Abuse
While prevalence of reported substance abuse was lower since before the onset of the pandemic, youth substance abuse remains an important health concern, according to a NASBE analysis. For instance, overdose mortality rates among adolescents spiked during the pandemic, rising by 94 percent in 2020, largely due to illicit fentanyl. State health and education leaders […]
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