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First Weeks of School The First Day of School The First Weeks of School

Three Ways to Welcome Students to a New School Year

The beginning of the school year is full of emotion for teachers and students alike. Some students embrace the new year with excitement and anticipation, while others cautiously enter it ...

Child & Adolescent Development First Weeks of School The First Day of School

Five Things Every Teacher Should Do on the First Day of School

There is such a sense of potential that comes with the freshly sharpened pencils, organized supplies, and stacks of books waiting to be handed out at the start of a ...

Families First Weeks of School

Six Strategies for Partnering With Families at the Start of the School Year

One of the most important predictors for students’ success in school, according to the nonprofit organization The Global Family Research Project, is family engagement (Weiss, Lopez, and Caspe 2018). So, ...

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The Twixt Twelve-Year-Old

Adolescent Development Child & Adolescent Development Middle School

The Twixt Twelve-Year-Old

The Electric Eleven-Year-Old

Adolescent Development Child & Adolescent Development Middle School

The Electric Eleven-Year-Old

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