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The Denial of Dreams: Disproportionate School Discipline is about Discrimination, Not DEI
This article summarizes the latest research that reveals that Black students are suspended from school at 3.8 times the rate of White students—due to systematic racial bias. It reviews research statin...
Read Full ArticleReflecting on the Mirror of Autism: Living in a World that Doesn't Always Makes Sense
This article advocates for a fundamental shift in how educators and clinicians understand and support students with autism. The central call is to move beyond managing observable behaviors and diagnos...
Read Full ArticleStudents Need "Learner's Permits" for Social Media Access: Decreasing Mental Health, Bullying, and School Shooting Risks
American adolescents are experiencing a mental health crisis of unprecedented proportions, with depression rates more than doubling since 2007, suicide attempts increasing dramatically, and anxiety di...
Read Full ArticleChronic Absenteeism and the “Five Why’s”: Stop Chasing Symptoms and Start Tackling Solutions
This Blog highlights a long-standing crisis in our nation’s schools: chronically-absent students. It documents the incident rates of chronic absenteeism over the past decade, specifies the root causes...
Read Full ArticleStudents’ Mental Health Challenges: What They Say, What Schools and Adults Miss, and Why AI Isn’t the Answer
This Blog highlights the pervasive mental health crisis among K-12 students, arguing that schools miss early intervention opportunities due to inadequate mental health screenings and threat assessment...
Read Full ArticleBeyond Overwhelmed: How AI Can Empower Administratively-Taxed School Leaders
This Blog recognizes that today’s district and school administrative leaders are overwhelmed with compliance reporting, budget oversight, community outreach, policy preparations, and other administrat...
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