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Supporting students during disaster and disruption

Resilience helps students persevere through loss and struggle, but recent natural disasters like the LA wildfires are testing that grit. Diana Wildermuth provides tips for school counselors on the front lines.


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Two elementary school students speak and gesture to each other in a contentious conversation in front of a chalkboard with chalk speech bubbles drawn over each.
Sometimes student interactions turn contentious. Sarah Kavanagh explains how teachers can guide students in setting their own rules and norms for class discussions and enforcing those rules.
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Last year’s rollout of the redesigned FAFSA form was disastrous. Laura Perna offers advice to help you get through it this year.
For Parents
Middle school-aged children engaged in group discussion at Penn Alexander Elementary
Educators face mounting challenges navigating political and social discourse, and this fall will test them. Abby Reisman offers 4 ways to open classroom conversations.
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Topics like the upcoming presidential election may lead to difficult discussions in communities and classrooms. Jonathan Zimmerman offers advice on how to facilitate constructive dialogue among your students.

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How do you create learning environments that accommodate, and celebrate, all of your students' different backgrounds?
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Arming students with critical thinking skills is essential in this digital era. But how do we do that?
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Educators are all too familiar with the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. It's known as the nation's report card– and as a country, our grades are dropping.
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K-12 educators have the highest burnout rates of any segment of the U.S. workforce. We chat with two experts to help explore burnout's root causes, repercussions, and remedies.