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student support

Schools Should Not Be Battlegrounds for Immigration Enforcement

Graduation week in Los Angeles should be a time of joy and celebration for students and their families. Instead, fear and uncertainty have taken hold in many of our communities. Since June 6, federal...

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student support

Here’s How Schools Can Better Support Special Needs Students

The number of children diagnosed with developmental disabilities is on the rise, specifically attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Today, nearly one in...

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student achievement

Student Anxiety Crisis: Counselors Can Empower Kids Decide Their Future

Anxiety among students seems to be higher than ever. That’s my experience as the Director of Community & Alumni Partnerships at a charter public school in Massachusetts. In conversations with...

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student achievement

3 Tips to Help Kids Stay Focused Until Winter Break

More than ever before, teachers and families understand the importance of working together to support our students’ learning. In these last few months, teachers and families have collaborated through...

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Parents

Parent Power: Will We Choose Pitchforks or Partnerships?

After two tumultuous years of intermittent school closures, parents and caregivers are claiming their power within the education system in a new way. It ain’t always pretty. Recent board meetings...

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opportunity gap

5 Tips From States Leading the Way on Learning Recovery

With students back in classrooms and the true measure of missed learning during the pandemic becoming apparent, we at Zearn are often asked for “the one thing that schools should be doing to get...

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