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Using High Expectations to Boost Students’ Sense of Belonging
Last updated: 12/27/2020
Chris Hulleman, director of the University of Virginia’s Motivate Lab, defines sense of belonging as “the belief that one is academically and socially connected, supported, and...
Supporting Smooth Transitions into Kindergarten During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Last updated: 12/27/2020
The transition to kindergarten can be a stressful time for students and families even in normal times. For many, the start of kindergarten signifies the beginning of formal...
Children are the key to addressing climate change and improving environmental health
Last updated: 12/27/2020
Children are the key to addressing climate change and improving environmental health By Marianne Sullivan, Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, and Kristie Trousdale, Opinion Contributors —...
We cannot wait for another child to die - Children's Rights
Last updated: 12/27/2020
“Nothing could be worse than a return to normality,” writes political activist and award-winning author Arundhati Roy in her latest essay, ‘The Pandemic Is a Portal.’...
Schooling from Home
Last updated: 12/27/2020
I have always felt called to teach and, have had the privilege to teach many times in my life; including home-schooling our daughter, let’s call her Z, for a couple of years. ...
Great homeschooling supplies for preschoolers and older kids | BabyCenter
Last updated: 12/26/2020
Great homeschooling supplies for preschoolers and older kids | December 14, 2020 Many parents are facing tough decisions about whether to send their kids back to preschool and...
What Working Parents Need Above All Else Right Now
Last updated: 12/26/2020
It’s easy to spot the problems working parents face under the pandemic. For months, parents have struggled with childcare shortfalls and gnawing anxiety while needing to do...
15 kid-inflicted parental injuries every parent has
Last updated: 12/26/2020
Parenting is tough, no doubt about it. But alongside all the emotional knocks and challenges of being a parent to a little one come the physical ones too. It is without question...
What Has COVID-19 Done to Child Welfare?
Last updated: 12/26/2020
This is the fourth story in a series produced under a USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism 2020 National Fellowship, which focuses on the stories of vulnerable...
What Has COVID-19 Done to Child Welfare?
Last updated: 12/26/2020
This is the fourth story in a series produced under a USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism 2020 National Fellowship, which focuses on the stories of vulnerable...