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Un estudio de los NIH utiliza software y cámaras para observar a conductores adolescents PRNewswire BETHESDA, Maryland – Los conductores adolescentes tienen ocho veces más de probabilidades de estar involucrados en una colisión, o un incidente donde casi hay una colisión, durante los primeros tres meses después de recibir...
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NAPSM La tasa de graduación en Estados Unidos subió a niveles récord en el 2017. El problema Sin embargo, todavía hay aproximadamente 34 millones de adultos estadounidenses que no tienen un diploma de high school. Por qué un diploma es importante En promedio, las personas con un diploma de...
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ALearn Silicon Valley Glenda Vargas hated math. In 6th grade, a pivotal year for mastering early algebra concepts, she got an “F” in math class and felt defeated. “Math felt like a foreign language to me. I was so lost that one day I just broke down in tears in...
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Deborah Temkin Child Trends During and immediately following the 2016 presidential election, several stakeholders raised concerns that negative rhetoric expressed in the course of the election cycle was leading to increased bullying among students. Although these concerns were supported by anecdotal reports from educators across the country, nationally representative data were unavailable at...
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Alpha Public Schools Six years after welcoming its first students, Alpha Public Schools celebrated the 39 students who are now graduating from high school. Alpha: Blanca Alvarado, the first of four schools within Alpha Public Schools, opened with sixth and seventh grade students in 2012. When it came time...
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Soundbite Services BOSTON — As schools begin summer break, environmental groups are urging public officials to take swift action to “get the lead out” of drinking water in schools. A new interactive map by Environment America and U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) shows lead contamination in the tap water...
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DEBORAH TEMKIN Child Trends Getting enough good sleep is critical for adolescents’ health, education, and overall well-being, but data from the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey suggest that only one in four high school students (27 percent) receives more than eight hours of sleep per night. However, sleep scientistsrecommend that adolescents receive...
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Alexandra Cox, Bonnie Solomon, and Dominique Parris Child Trends As education stakeholders consider improvements to school climate, school safety, and student well-being, many have turned their attention to the role of schools in promoting mental health. While most of this attention focuses on students’ mental health needs, it...
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SCCOE SAN JOSE, CA – The Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) is proud to announce Jan Blake has been selected as the SCCOE 2017-18 Teacher of the Year. Jan began at SCCOE in 1974, working as a teacher in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program (DHOH)....