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If teachers aren’t equipped to help trauma victims, students suffer. Learn from my story.
July 26, 2018
It took one of my kindergarten students, Andrew, to help me figure out how to handle my toughest teaching challenge.
Type: Opinion
TAG: Safe Schools, School Discipline
promises: Safe Places, Caring Adults
campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign
Today's Entitled Youth
March 08, 2018
It’s a common, easy thing to dismiss young people who demand a better world than the one they were born into as arrogant, spoiled, and even naïve. Yet the Parkland students and too many other young people like them have survived extreme trauma and emerged braver, wiser, and more mature than anyone should have to be at their age. That does make them entitled—to share their story, get an education without fearing for their lives, and, one would hope, have adults listen.
Type: Opinion
TAG: Youth Involvement, Youth Voice, Safe Schools
promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others
When Youth Feel Unsafe: Brief Insights on the Cognitive and Academic Effects of Exposure to Violence
February 22, 2018
This Point of View brief from the Center for Promise provides research insights on a particularly timely topic - violence in America's schools - that is impacting young people in America. Learn more about this topic by reading this brief
Type: Resource
TAG: Gun Safety, Safe Schools, Mental Health, Healthy Schools
promises: Safe Places, Caring Adults, Effective Education
channels: Health and Wellness
SOURCE: Center for Promise
campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign, Every School Healthy
Action Platform: School Climate