A new report reveals that 225,000 Massachusetts students attend substandard segregated schools, highlighting ongoing issues of school segregation based on race and ethnicity. The crisis facing students includes chronic absenteeism, mental health challenges, and pandemic learning loss impacting basic developmental skills. Efforts are being made to address these issues, such as advocating for more mental health resources and enforcing phone-free classrooms while keeping students and parents connected.
‘It’s heartbreaking’: 225,000 Mass. students attend substandard segregated schools, new report finds | @GlobeVaznis for @BostonGlobe https://t.co/o0JoGt8IdY
Some Massachusetts students are so anxious, they’re missing school for months on end. What can schools do? | @mandy_mclaren for @BostonGlobe https://t.co/gL3NGsBR4V
UsForThem has been advocating for a ban on smartphones from December 2022. At that point it was a totally novel idea, met in many quarters with scepticism and even derision. Although the age limit is too low, this is nonetheless a watershed moment. @safe_screens https://t.co/PblK9vskPZ
The West is waking up to the dire consequences of a phone-based childhood. Politicians are realising that taking action to protect children is popular. @EmmanuelMacron has backed a ban on use of smartphones before age 11 & social media before age 15. https://t.co/uecjrT7Oly
The Killeen ISD School Board approved a plan that would required middle and high school students to keep cell phones in a locked pouch. Do you think school districts in San Antonio should do this? 🤔 https://t.co/WN7wdcoVf7
Pathbreaking research from @AEI's @natmalkus on chronic absenteeism is featured on the front page of @USATODAY: https://t.co/c3JEC1DHct
The plan would require students at all middle schools and high schools to keep their cell phones in a school issued pouch. https://t.co/vIijFiTdsP
More Florida school districts are limiting cellphones on campus https://t.co/xYxclHb8On
Debilitating anxiety is keeping kids from school for months at a time. It’s a form of chronic absenteeism that’s often misunderstood by public school systems, whose staff typically don’t have the training or capacity to meet kids’ mental health needs. https://t.co/rN8VbJxeUB
"Fully one-third of San Francisco students were chronically absent last school year, meaning these students missed 10% or more of the total days of instruction." Opinion | San Francisco schoolchildren are being failed by California https://t.co/9UhZBFkETz
🇺🇸 Classroom Scourge: Chronic Absenteeism ▫Kids struggle with boredom, disconnection, depression ▫@aliaemily ▫https://t.co/bOF8pNetpk 👈 #frontpagestoday #USA @USATODAY 🇺🇸 https://t.co/7UcTHp0rgL
Decades after desegregation orders took root across the country, Massachusetts leaders have failed to correct a system keeping 225,000 students currently in "substandard segregated schools," according a new report from a state oversight council. https://t.co/Mlr83pDpJa
Big new annual report on kids shows "decades of lost progress" due learning loss during - and even after - Covid. Math & reading scores keep falling. Many kids just simply stopped going to school, with nearly 15 million "chronically absent" even post-Covid in 2022. This… https://t.co/AV0u2z9wEA
PARENTS, TEACHERS, LAWMAKERS MUST UNITE TO UNTETHER KIDS FROM SMARTPHONES IN CLASSROOMS (The Daily Signal) In what has been coined the “New Great Depression,” the number of high schoolers who agree with the phrases “I can’t do anything right,” “I do not enjoy life,” and “My life… https://t.co/jEMj1iZ5Ma
In today's paper: Lead investigator in Karen Read case admits ‘unprofessional comments,’ including joke there were ‘no nudes’ on her phone; 225,000 Mass. students attend substandard segregated schools, new report finds; and more. https://t.co/q35Yr2wn8P https://t.co/K7ewbzVYmb
‘It’s heartbreaking’: 225,000 Mass. students attend substandard segregated schools, new report finds https://t.co/CfEKm5k03v
ICYMI 6/5 Opinion | Why Children Are Missing More School Now https://t.co/YD9rQYzZKI
‘It’s heartbreaking’: 225,000 Mass. students attend substandard segregated schools, new report finds - The Boston Globe https://t.co/ddxKVD63wQ
Schools fear job cuts as emergency pandemic funding runs out READ MORE: https://t.co/TBmx2BwSmH
New laws in some American states seek to enforce phone-free classrooms while also keeping pupils and parents connected. They follow restrictions on the devices in Asian and European countries https://t.co/RuVFpG6d8N Illustration: Alex Fine https://t.co/EAca3dwduI
According to a new survey, pandemic learning loss has impacted students' basic developmental skills. This ranges from using scissors, listening during class and getting along with others. https://t.co/vt8zEdmVfR
In the wake of a deadly shooting at Garfield High School, Seattle students are advocating for more funds towards mental health resources. https://t.co/KQP8mwbWTl
EdSurge: About 1/3 of high schoolers report persistent feelings of hopelessness and an alarming number say they’ve had thoughts of suicide. But there are too few mental health specialists to serve them. What can ease the crisis facing today's students? https://t.co/03RRlzF0bi
Opinion | Marcela García: School segregation based on race and ethnicity is alive and well in the Commonwealth. Where’s the urgency to address it? https://t.co/hyYfF1omAp
Crisis In The Classroom: Student absences put a dent in school budget, says nonprofit Story: https://t.co/alwUug15NB https://t.co/WYdcRn6AUY