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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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Op-eds from educators can be particularly valuable because of their ability to impact the public discourse around a particular issue in education. In addition, having a published piece allows many people without classroom experience to hear firsthand how an existing or proposed policy impacts students, teachers, and schools.