Education Week - April 25, 2018 - 24

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A Pitch for
School Safety

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Schools often treat
students with mentalhealth issues reactively,
explain social worker
Catherine A. Hogan and
school leader Laura F.
Main. They propose an
action plan to change that.

INTERN, Education Week Teacher Alix Mammina

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Urban Schools Can Respond to Challenges

BLOGS

When traditional public schools partner with high-quality charter
leaders-schools improve for all students, write Walton Foundation
leaders Marc Sternberg and Marc Holley.
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Insight From a
Struggling Learner

When helping students who struggle in the classroom, teachers
should dig into their own memories of what it's like to fail. Educator
Ryan Sprott explains.
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They've Had Enough
For years, teachers have been
asked to do more with less. Teacher
walkouts are the ultimate outcome
of wringing every drop of creativity
and patience from a well-meaning
workforce, writes opinion blogger
Nancy Flanagan.
www.edweek.org/go/flanaganwalkouts

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Our communities need to show us they value
providing mental-health care in our schools by voting
for increased funding and lobbying their legislators."
-Lori Hvizda Ward, responding to the Catherine A. Hogan & Laura F. Main Commentary
"A Bold Proposal for Taking Mental Health Seriously in Schools"

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The Need for Teacher Creativity
It can be easy for
educators to get bogged
down by rules and
regulations. Awardwinning educator Ashley
Lamb-Sinclair makes
the case for teacher
creativity and passion.
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He has two master's degrees and
a Ph.D., but school didn't always
come easy for Peter DeWitt.
He offers four lessons for how
educators can work with students
like him.
www.edweek.org/go/dewittstruggling

Being the 'Worst' Can Be Transformative

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