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Robert Balfanz Everyone Graduates Center, School of Education, Johns Hopkins University This brief aims to provide a synthesis of what we know about the district and school challenges of post-pandemic chronic absenteeism, and what can be done to meet them……
By Steve Thompson Washington Post March 15 2024 Montgomery County property tax rates would hold steady while the county puts more money into schools, affordable housing and other priorities under a spending plan unveiled by County Executive Marc Elrich (D) on Thursday. Higher tax bills from…..
By Nicole Asbury Washington Post March 31 2024 Nine-year-old Leo Kennedy used tostruggle with writing. Then an enrichment teacher at Viers Mill Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md. — where Leo is a fourth-grader — started pushing him more, recounted his…..
By George F. Will Columnist|Follow authorFollow Children are like trees, only more trouble. Winds that bend young trees expand the tree’s roots on the windward side, firmly anchoring the tree. And winds strengthen the wood on the other side by compressing its…..
By Heather Long Editorial writer and columnist Washington Post April 2 2024 I was at an event recently where several top business executives were perplexed about whyAmericans under 40 are so disillusioned with capitalism. What could they do to restore trust in our…..
By Nick Roberts March 27, 2024 at 8:02 a.m. EDT Washington Post When Ellie Anderson, an assistant professor of philosophy at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., had coffee with female friends, she noticed the conversation often involved dissecting the meaning of…..
Dear Meghan: I’m the parent of twin 16-year-old girls. They have always been high performing in school and extracurriculars. Because of the demands on them, I have been permissive of their sometimes exaggerated personas. When they are happy, they can be…..
By Jessica Grose Opinion Writer New York Times March 31st 2024 A few weeks ago, a parent who lives in Texas asked me how much my kids were using screens to do schoolwork in their classrooms. She wasn’t talking about personal devices……
In ‘The Anxious Generation,’ Jonathan Haidt argues that the move from ‘play-based childhood’ to ‘phone-based childhood’ has had disastrous effects Review by Judith WarnerMarch 22, 2024 at 10:29 a.m. EDT Washington Post If you follow the always abundant literature of What’s…..
Washington Post March 21 2024 Victoria Bisset The United States is no longer among the world’s 20 happiest countries, according to a new report — with young people hit particularly hard and reporting lower levels of well-being than any other…..