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Why Don’t Early Childhood Programs Have Access to Substitute Teachers?

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We dont afford that kind of support to educators who, frankly, spend all of their time with tiny germ factories who are constantly getting themselves and everybody else sick, Hogan says. Its physically, emotionally and psychologically demanding work, and we provide no respite, from a system or policy level, for this, she adds.

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When Student Anxiety Gets in the Way of Attending School

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Pandemic closures provided some students with a chance to notice how stressed they are at school, says Jayne Demsky, founder of School Avoidance Alliance, an advocacy group that provides professional training to schools. Since the pandemic, mental health strains on youth have been put in the spotlight.

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Do Alternatives to Public School Have to Be Political?

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Fiske had been previously employed by an independent school in California, while in a doctoral program for education psychology, researching how people learn, she says. She had also worked in public schools before launching Mysa.

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Early Childhood and Climate Change Are Connected in More Ways Than You Might Think

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Groups like the American Psychological Association are very clear that young children, and children in general, experience the psychological impacts of natural disasters significantly worse than adults. There is a coalition of children's rights and children's advocacy groups that has been at COP, led by UNICEF.

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Cybercriminals come for schools — and schools aren’t ready

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Last year, a similar data breach of the Los Angeles school district led to thousands of students’ psychological records uploaded to the dark web. student at the University of Chicago and one of the authors of a study released earlier this year on the privacy and security challenges facing K-12 education.

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As Humanities Fight for Support, New Journal Aims to Celebrate Their Role in Public Life

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That includes, the editors note, anthropology, archaeology, classics, cultural studies, disability studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, history, law, linguistics, literary studies, performing arts, religious studies, philosophy, postcolonial studies, queer studies, psychology, sociology, visual arts, and women's studies.