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  • News & Trends September 2014

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    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 […]

  • News & Trends – Summer 2014

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             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 […]

  • News & Trends – June 2, 2014

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    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 […]

  • News & Trends – May 14, 2014

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          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 […]

  • News & Trends – March 17, 2014

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    March 2014 Research Reports: Healthy Eating Options Working In and Outside of School      Efforts to promote healthy eating in and outside of school are seeing results. A new Harvard School of Public Health study reports that kids are eating more fruits and veggies. New federal standards requiring schools to offer healthier meals have […]

  • News & Trends – March 5, 2014

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    March 2014 Beyond Hollywood: Heroin Headlines Report Teen Use Nationwide    Last summer’s headline news was the heroin-related death of Glee star Cory Monteith, best known for playing television’s clean-cut high school football star Finn Hudson. Last month’s headline was Philip Seymour Hoffman, also known to teens for his role as head gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee in […]

  • Alcohol Education: It’s Never Too Early

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    AC_FL_RunContent( ‘codebase’,’http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0′,’width’,’320′,’height’,’295′,’id’,’/media/tipsheet-videoplayer/videoplayer-tipsheet’,’align’,’middle’,’src’,’/media/tipsheet-videoplayer/videoplayer-tipsheet’,’quality’,’high’,’bgcolor’,’#ffffff’,’name’,’/media/tipsheet-videoplayer/videoplayer-tipsheet’,’pluginspage’,’http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer’,’flashvars’,’videoFile=http://www.cwkn.net/tip_vids/101020_education.flv’,’movie’,’/media/tipsheet-videoplayer/videoplayer-tipsheet’ ); //end AC code “If you have your first drink before age 14, you’re 4 times more likely to develop alcoholism in your life than if you wait until after age 20.” – Susan Tapert, Ph.D. Students of all ages, all around the country celebrate Red Ribbon Week in late October … and […]

  • News & Trends – October 1, 2013

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    October 2013 Research Study: Binge Drinking More Common Among High School Seniors  A study by University of Michigan and Pennsylvania State researchers, published by JAMA Pediatrics, reports that consuming five or more alcoholic drinks in a row is common among high school seniors, with some students engaging in extreme binge drinking of as many as 15 or more […]