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How a Culture of Caring Is Helping These Schools Improve Student Mental Health

ED Surge

Cole-Ochoa has observed the students at Truan Junior High re-adapting to in-person schooling fall along a spectrum. Districts have taken a wide range of approaches, as documented by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, a nonprofit that studies how government policies impact low-income families.

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Reluctance to require suicide prevention education could cost lives, but it’s complicated

The Hechinger Report

For kids who don’t have support from their family, she said, “I think it’s about creating that culture in school where you can find a safe space.”. That’s important in Utah, which shares a border and a good deal of culture with Wyoming. That’s exactly what experts in Utah have focused on. “We We’re going to say you get to choose.”.

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The (mostly) Republican Idaho moms fighting to reclaim their school district from hard-right conservatives  

The Hechinger Report

The national infection facing public schooling—the tug-of-war between education professionals and extremist culture warriors—has brought chaos and damage to West Bonner County. Dark skies around Priest River Junior High School allow some light in the late afternoon on Election Day. This is not hyperbole.