NYC public schools are closed 2 days next week: Here’s what you need to know STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — While there are just days left before summer officially starts for New York City public school students, they won’t need to head to campus for a couple of days next week. All ... 06/13/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Chronic absenteeism is schools' 'biggest problem.' Five reasons kids are missing school. So I stopped trying.” Chronic absenteeism – when students miss at least 10% of the school year – has become an epidemic in America’s schools. Though educators and advocates hoped ... 06/12/2024 - 4:08 am | View Link
Some Massachusetts students are so anxious, they’re missing school for months on end. What can schools do? School refusal is a form of chronic absenteeism often misunderstood by public school systems, whose staff typically don’t have the training or capacity to meet kids’ mental health needs. 06/11/2024 - 10:52 pm | View Link
How transgenderism is viewed around the world: From the country that celebrates trans people to where they are deemed 'mentally ill' Just earlier this month, Peru made headlines after it moved to classify trans people as mentally ill. Meanwhile ... with her identity since elementary school, where she was bullied and teased ... 06/9/2024 - 6:20 am | View Link
New playground will offer opportunity for activity at Acmetonia Elementary this fall When Amy Sarno enrolled her son at Acmetonia Elementary ... School Board. For the first time in more than 10 years, students at the school will have a playground when they return to class in the fall. 06/7/2024 - 5:23 am | View Link