Trauma-Informed Practices: A Whole-School Policy Framework
State leaders can ensure that more school staff are equipped to help children deal with the effects of trauma.
September 2023
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Volume 23, No. 3
Reengaging High School Students through Career Academies
When built around four key elements, academies deliver rigorous, relevant learning tied to students' career aspirations.
How State Leaders Can Stand Up for the COVID Generation of High Schoolers
Families need better data on students' academic progress; students need meaningful learning experiences and better information on postsecondary options.
Chronic Absence: A Call for Deeper Student and Family Engagement
Connecticut's experience underscores the value of a positive, systemic approach to improving attendance.
Centering School Connectedness
High schools are creating student success teams that prioritize relationships and leverage actionable data to reconnect students to school.
Getting Students Engaged in Learning
Targeted interventions and savvy classroom practices, coupled with supportive state policy, can draw disengaged students back in.
Student Voice: Removing Barriers to Student Leadership
It is important to encourage students to engage with a wide variety of policymakers.
State Board Voice: Kentucky’s Portrait of a Learner
When fully implemented, portraits of a learner become the lever by which teachers, schools, and communities rebalance learning expectations.