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Gauging School Climate
As school buildings reopen after weeks of pandemic-induced closures, school climate will matter more than ever. State policymakers and education leaders can plan now to create safe, supportive learning environments ready for the return of students and teachers to classrooms. The articles in The Standard provide a roadmap.School Climate and Measurement
All schools should be using climate data, which can be used statewide for accountability, too.Examining Chronic Absence through a Student Health Lens
To understand the drivers of chronic absence, state boards of education should examine data on student health in their state. This policy update suggests questions for state boards to ask and actions they can take to address chronic absence.Fostering Healthy School Climates for Pandemic Recovery
This webinar discusses school climate in the context of coronavirus recovery.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 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 moreEducation Support Professionals are an Untapped Resource for Whole-Child Support
Alexandria, Va.—Making up a third of the public education workforce, education support professionals (ESPs) frequently step up to support and mentor students. But they typically lack sufficient recognition, training, compensation, and support for carrying out these tasks, according to a new policy update from the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE). ESPs include […]
read moreEducation Support Professionals as Partners in Improving School Climate
State boards of education should champion education support professionals as partners in improving school climate.
read moreCreating State Education Systems That Value Student Cultures
State boards can set the stage for learning environments that connect and engage all students.
read moreStates Adopt Trauma-Informed Teacher Training, Few Consider Secondary Traumatic Stress
Embed trauma-informed practices in mandated teacher training can ensure that schools reduce the risks to teachers from STS, according to NASBE analysis.
read moreBuilding Trauma-Informed School Systems
This analysis highlights ways states can embed trauma-informed practices in mandated teacher training and ensure that schools reduce the risks to teachers from STS.
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This webinar highlights approaches states are taking through policies and programming to equip educators with the knowledge and skills to provide trauma-informed instruction and avoid secondary traumatic stress.
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