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" The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Midcourse Report: Strategies to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth [PDF - 2.2 MB] identifies interventions that can help increase physical activity in youth ages 3–17 years across a variety of settings. The primary audiences for the report are policymakers, health care and public health professionals." http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/midcourse/pag-mid-course-report-final.pdf
"Arithmetic and higher math skills are embedded in school goals, but not necessarily persistence and grit. As a result, an "either/or" dynamic has been established that prioritizes academic skills, at the expense of "social and emotional" learning, which includes essential life skills such as self-awareness and management, grit and determination, empathy and conflict resolution, discipline and industriousness, and the application of knowledge and skills to real-world situations." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-bridgeland/social-and-emotional-learning_b_3274283.html
On May 16, a new CDC report was released that describes, for the first time, federal activities that track U.S. children’s mental disorders. Find out about children’s mental health and what we have learned.
"About one in three American youths age 14-20 say they’ve been of victims of dating violence and almost one in three acknowledge they’ve committed violence toward a date, according to new research presented at the American Psychological Association’s 121st Annual Convention." http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/07/dating-violence.aspx ;
"In July 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the creation of the Supportive School Discipline Initiative. The collaboration is aimed at targeting school disciplinary policies and practices that push youth out of school and many times into the justice system, also known as the school-to-prison pipeline. The importance of continued commitment to reforming our Nation’s school discipline practices was most recently underscored in The White House’s January 2013 plan to protect children and communities and its call to identify and share best practices on school discipline polices and equitable implementation." http://www.juvenilejustice-tta.org/event/ssdWebinar-youthCourts ;
"Teens are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites than they have in the past, but they are also taking a variety of technical and non-technical steps to manage the privacy of that information. Despite taking these privacy-protective actions, teen social media users do not express a high level of concern about third-parties (such as businesses or advertisers) accessing their data; just 9% say they are “very” concerned." http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teens-Social-Media-And-Privacy.aspx ;
"SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2013 – The American Educational Research Association (AERA) today issued a new report titled Prevention of Bullying in Schools, Colleges, and Universities: Research Report and Recommendations. The report results from the work of a blue-ribbon AERA task force mandated to prepare and present practical short-term and long-term recommendations to address bullying of children and youth."
Studies show that sustained and well-integrated social and emotional learning (SEL) programs can help schools engage their students and improve achievement. ...
"The letter to chief state school officers highlights that while strategies to improve school climate and reduce bullying are critical, they may not be adequate to reduce or respond to teen dating violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and stalking. The letter urges leaders to take action to specifically address these forms of gender-based violence."
"This week, the Department of Education announced plans to collect data on LGBT bullying and harassment, an important step in understanding the experiences of LGBT youth in schools. Starting in the upcoming 2013-2014 school year, the biennial Civil Rights Data Collection will require schools to report instances of harassment based on perceived sexual orientation and religion along with harassment based on race, sex, and disability.
Additionally, the National Center for Education Statistics is working to develop questions about sexual orientation, gender identity, and school experiences for inclusion in two of their large studies, the High School Longitudinal Study and the National Crime Victimization Survey’s School Crime Supplement."...
"Some psychologists say teaching emotional literacy in school is key to better behavior—and better grades. Marc Brackett and Maurice Elias, two experts in social emotional learning, talk about how emotional literacy is woven into a standard curriculum, and how it can tackle problems like bullying and absenteeism."
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"We provide tips and tools inspired by the newest research and the wisdom of experience. Parents, educators, and other concerned adults will find resources to help them:
* Create cultures of caring and respect in schools * Promote social, emotional, and ethical skills like empathy and self-regulation * Prevent bullying and other forms of cruelty * Strengthen children’s and teens’ commitment to and responsibility for their communities * Enable children and teens to be kind, caring, and focused on others
"Embrace Civility in the Digital Age promotes approaches to address youth well-being and risk in the digital age in a manner that promotes positive norms, increases effective skills and resiliency, and encourages young people to be helpful allies who positively intervene when they witness peers being hurt or at risk." http://www.embracecivility.org/ ;
"A new study sheds startling light on a strong connection between high school exit exams and rates of incarceration. The authors of the study, Olesya Baker and Kevin Lang, compared states with exit exams to those that did not, and found that roughly one percent of students failed their exit exams and were denied diplomas as a result. This population of young people had a 12.5% increase in their rate of incarceration. The study found no particular benefits, in terms of employment or wages, from the exit exams.
Exit exams have been heavily promoted over the past decade or so, supposedly to insure employers of the value of a high school diploma. About half the states in the nation now have an exit exam as a precondition for a diploma, and billions are spent annually on the tests, and preparation for them. A 2009 study by Sean Reardon questioned the real value of the California High School Exit Exam, and pointed out that it had a negative effect on some students, especially minority students and girls.
But this latest study is the first to chronicle this particular link in the school to prison pipeline. One of the hallmarks of test-driven accountability is the penchant for ranking students, identifying some as academic winners, and others losers. The highest stake manifestation of this is the high school exit exam.
But this latest study is the first to chronicle this particular link in the school to prison pipeline. One of the hallmarks of test-driven accountability is the penchant for ranking students, identifying some as academic winners, and others losers. The highest stake manifestation of this is the high school exit exam.
Other aspects of the school reform policy agenda also contribute to the school to prison pipeline. Schools under intense pressure to show test score growth are more likely to put in place zero tolerance discipline policies, which result in higher suspension and dropout rates. As we learned from John Merrow's documentary about the New Orleans "miracle," many of the charter schools there have very strict discipline policies, and the students who fail to comply are sent back to a residual public school that has been all but abandoned. Students who act out are increasingly being given psychiatric diagnoses, as early as kindergarten. The expectation that all students reach the same set of academic goals at the same time creates a rigid structure that makes students who are not "on schedule," or not capable of sitting and receiving information for long periods of time "abnormal."
"The Family Acceptance Project™ is the only community research, intervention, education and policy initiative that works to decrease major health and related risks for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth, such as suicide, substance abuse, HIV and homelessness – in the context of their families. We use a research-based, culturally grounded approach to help ethnically, socially and religiously diverse families decrease rejection and increase support for their LGBT children." http://familyproject.sfsu.edu/home ;
"Federal law specifically mandates that certain behaviors that create a "hostile and offensive" (Title XXVIIII, CFR S1604.11) environment are harassment, yet the nation and its schools continue to mislabel harassment as bullying... "
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