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

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Cole-Ochoa is among the educators nationwide who are trying new approaches to social-emotional learning in hopes of helping students deal with the continuing mental health struggles that took shape or worsened during the isolation of remote learning that started in 2020.

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Teachers Can Positively Impact Education Policy, We Just Have to Use Our Teacher Voice

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These bills emerged as many state governments pushed to reopen schools amidst the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite numerous surveys indicating that teachers were more likely to leave the profession due to unsafe working conditions and burnout. Invite an elected official to your classroom. Testify at a public hearing.