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Do-it-yourself mental health efforts by community college students

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And hed struggled to finish high school. He recalls feeling so overwhelmed that he cried on the second day of school. The program, called the Mental Health Advocacy Institute, is run by a national nonprofit, Active Minds, which advocates for college students mental health. He had lost a parent to addiction.

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A researcher said the evidence on special education inclusion is flawed. Readers weighed in

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The article notes that Dr. Fuchs is concentrating on academic outcomes and acknowledges that inclusion may have psychological or social benefits that were [not] studied. Social or psychological benefitslike peer interaction, belonging, and reduced isolationarent incidental to learning/academic achievement. She emailed me.

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

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I wouldn’t put my parents through this just to go to school in the United States.” SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Desirée Morales Díaz didn’t choke up when she recounted how her high school counselor hadn’t heard of the common application, the form widely used by college admission offices on the mainland. And that’s when I said no.

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Using vocational education to teach academic courses

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Kate Allender, of Tesla STEM High School, has designed a course integrating AP Psychology with a hands-on study of forensics. It’s not until the second-period bell rings, however, that you begin to see how different this is from a traditional psychology course. Photo: Amadou Diallo, for The Hechinger Report.

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PROOF POINTS: New research review questions the evidence for special education inclusion

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Overall, students didn’t benefit academically, psychologically or socially from the practice. And, even if co-teaching proves to be effective over multiple studies, not every school can afford to hire two teachers for every classroom. It’s particularly cost-prohibitive in middle and high school as teachers specialize in subjects.

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The quest for ‘embodied equity’ on college campuses focuses on neurodivergent students

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With access to programs designed to help them transition beyond high school, more neurodivergent students will have the skills they need to succeed when they get there, Elliot said. It’s designed for neurodivergent students or those who want to work in fields such as social work, special education or psychology.

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OPINION: Educators must be on the frontline of social activism

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We must do this through teaching, learning and advocacy — as well as social activism and civic engagement. Related: Teachers, deputized to fight the culture wars, are often reluctant to serve There is a critical need to prepare teachers to be intentional voices calling out the oppression that continues to plague our education system.