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Connect with Kids   October 2014 RESEARCH & NEWS. LEARN MORE. RESOURCE GUIDE. VIDEOS AND LESSON PLANS RESEARCH & NEWS: The New Village In an era of American communities disjointed by technology and diminished face-to-face interactions, schools are where the community has the greatest opportunity to connect. Perhaps schools are our modern day villages? And research […]

Connect with Kids September 2014 News & Trends THE ATTENDANCE & ACHIEVEMENT ISSUE RESEARCH & NEWS . RESOURCE GUIDE . CONNECT WITH KIDS IN ACTION . VIDEOS AND LESSON PLANS SEPTEMBER NUMBERS BEST PREDICTOR OF LONG-TERM ATTENDANCE RATES According to a new research study fromThe Baltimore Education Research Consortium, student attendance rates in September are […]

         Summer 2014      NPR Survey: Parenting Teens is Stressful     National Public Radio, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health, recently conducted a poll of 2,500 adults to look at the extent of stress in America. Among groups most likely to […]

June 2014 Research: ‘Learning By Heart’ Says SEL Underpins Academic Success What would it take to weave social and emotional learning (SEL) into the daily fabric of our nation’s schools? What distinct practices, programs, and structures help schools embed SEL into ongoing teaching and learning? Barbara Cervone and Kathleen Cushman, co-founders of the nonprofit organization […]

      May 2014         May 18 through May 24 marks SAMHSA’s third annual National Prevention Week: Our Lives. Our Health. Our Future. Why is this important? Consider these statistics compiled by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): In the past […]