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Designed to help stakeholders better understand the policy environment surrounding current school discipline practices in our country. This compendium provides information on school discipline laws and administrative regulations for the United States, including the 50 States, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico.
Provides a unifying framework for schools, families, and communities to understand, select, and organize their learning supports (i.e., strategies, programs, and practices used to create conditions to enhance learning).
Coe College has received a $15,350 Institutionalizing Community-Based Pedagogies grant from the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. The grant will support the creation of a new Prison Learning Initiative at Coe which will provide a range of high-impact experiences for students and community members to learn about and become involved with the criminal-legal system in Iowa and the Midwest.
Tara Tedrow has seen her share of students in distress. They’ll approach her after class, in tears, saying they’re overwhelmed and need an extension. Or they’ll send an e-mail apologizing for missing class because they’ve got “stuff going on.” Some share intimate details of their troubles; others simply allude to “personal issues.”
A group of 100 Iowa paraeducators was recently selected for a new mental health training fellowship offered by the University of Iowa’s Scanlan Center for School Mental Health.
Features Dr. Sally Linowski from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Linowski, an Associate Dean of Students, as well as an adjunct assistant professor at the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences. The episode talks about the challenges in building and maintaining a relationship between the campus and the community, the easiest and hardest parts of strategic planning, and more.
PITTSFIELD — Consultants hired by the Pittsfield Public Schools to look at school safety issues have started to share their findings with district leaders after more than six months of study and community conversations.
The Massachusetts Hunger Free Campus Coalition is working to raise that percentage and address the glaring issue of food insecurity on college campuses. Through partnerships with food pantries, maximizing SNAP enrollment and mobilizing legislative efforts, MHFCC’s goal of eliminating food insecurity in college students is gaining traction.
In an effort to address a surge in gun violence, an initiative in Springfield, Massachusetts aims to give youth access to community centers, Boys and Girls Clubs, and social service agencies as well as the myriad of programs they provide such as mentoring, counseling, tutoring, and recreation.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - The Chief of Child Psychiatry at Baystate Medical Center told Western Mass News that there are both long-term and short-term effects that can result from bullying, and he advised parents to make sure their children know that they’re supported by practicing open communication. Following the allegations of racist bullying against students in Southwick, we wanted to get answers on the mental health impact.