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WEBStudent Health and Wellness. Each year, millions of children experience mental health concerns that affect not only their well-being, but also their ability to fully engage in the …

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Supporting Student Wellness Through the Arts

WEBBy May of this year, an estimated 55.1 million K-12 students participated in virtual learning because of COVID-19. For some students, the shift disrupted access to …

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Addressing Health Disparities Through School-Based Health …

WEB3 ecs.org | Education Commission of the States POLICY BRIEF Student Health Policy Trends In 2022, 188 bills were enacted in 45 states and the District of Columbia that …

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Addressing Health Disparities Through School-Based Health Services

WEBThis Policy Brief shows how states have enacted policies that promote school-based health centers and community schools to provide equitable access to …

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Recruiting and Retaining School-Based Mental Health …

WEBAs Mental Health Awareness Month comes to a close, many are reflecting on the current state of student mental health and considering policy levers available to …

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Components of an Arts Education and Student Wellness Ecosystem

WEBDeborah Lugo, executive director, Arts Connect Houston. Jamie Kasper, director, Arts Education Partnership. Jordan LaSalle, vice president of education, John …

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Keeping Students Safe: Designing Policies and Practices That Work

WEBA rise in the number of school shootings over time has increased focus on school safety, adding to other longstanding school safety concerns, like fighting or bullying.

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Trends and Changes in Approaches to School Safety

WEBAccording to our policy tracking tool, states have introduced hundreds of bills related to K-12 school safety each year. Twenty-nine bills were enacted in 2020, 50 bills …

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Affordable Health Benefits Are Key to High-Quality Teacher …

WEBThis guest post comes from Megan Boren, project manager at the Southern Regional Education Board.This is the third post in our Teacher Compensation Series, …

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Student Mental Health Services Ecosystem

WEBThis Policy Outline illustrates the ecosystem of agencies that support student mental health, and it includes examples from six states that intentionally …

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Student Mental Health

WEBStudent Mental Health. This Policy Snapshot reviews 2019 legislative activity addressing student mental health and wellness, including legislative measures focused …

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States Address Period Poverty With Free Menstrual Products in …

WEBAn article by Medical News Today defines period poverty as a lack of access to menstrual products, education, hygiene facilities, waste management or a …

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Measuring Students’ Mental Health While Protecting Their Privacy

WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic’s full psychological toll on youth remains unknown, but alarming evidence of that toll — including a rise in suicide attempts — has education …

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State Approaches to Addressing Student Mental Health

WEBState Approaches to Addressing Student Mental Health. Since 2019, Education Commission of the States has tracked more than 600 bills, present in nearly …

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Turning Back the Tide: The Critical Role of States In Reducing …

WEBChronic absenteeism has risen drastically in our country — increasing from 16% of students before the COVID-19 pandemic to nearly 30% by the 2021-22 school …

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State Funding for Student Mental Health

WEBThis Policy Brief explores and describes common sources of funding that states use to support K-12 school-based mental health programming. It includes a 50 …

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50-State Comparison: Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems

WEBFour state agencies are designated as core agencies within any SLDS: early learning, K-12, postsecondary and workforce. For the purposes of this 50-State Comparison, an SLDS …

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Elizabeth Ganga Archives

WEBOur Work. Resources by Topic; View Resources by State; Trending Topics; Data Systems; Early Care and Education

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Blending Education and Social Services Policies through …

WEBA Community School is a partnersllip between sclloot staff, families, youth, and the community to raise student acllievement by ensuring that children are physically, …

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Alyssa Rafa, Meghan McCann, Cassidy Francies and Alyssa Evans

WEBecs.org | @EdCommission 2 In order to support the whole child throughout their educational experience, state leaders may explore how to effectively use financial …

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Core Principles for Transforming S tudent Remediation within …

WEBS tudent Success STRATEGY Core Principles for Transforming Remediation within a Comprehensive A JOINT STATEMENT NOVEMBER 2015 This study is a partnership …

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