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A new analysis shows that California’s schools are twice as likely to suspend students who are homeless — potentially derailing their academic prospects.Elaine Cromie / Chalkbeat By Amy DiPierro, Chalkbeat, September 27, 2023 Federal education law explicitly seeks to help homeless children and youth stay in school, in the hopes academic opportunity will allow them to break the cycle of housing instability. Taking them out of class could worsen their chances of success. But an analysis of...

Environmental activists protest outside City Hall in June. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file photo) By Brett Chase, Inside Climate News, September 19, 2023 Promising to end the practice of piling on more environmental burdens to the same South and West Side communities, Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a series of reforms aimed at changing city practices after federal investigators last year determined Chicago violates the civil rights of its residents by concentrating polluting businesses in...

A ‘fund abortion’ hair clip is put in a person's hair during a Women's March rally on Capitol Hill on 8 October 2022 in Washington. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images By Carter Sherman, The Guardian, September 22, 2023 Laurie Bertram Roberts never expected Americans to keep forking over money to pay for other people’s abortions. But the abortion fund director didn’t think it would get this dire. When the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade last year, people donated tens of thousands...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an interview in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Newsom signed a bill on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, to ban school boards from rejecting textbooks based on their teachings about the contributions of people from different racial backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities, calling the measure "long overdue." Rich Pedroncelli/AP By Jonathan Franklin, National Public Radio (NPR), September 26, 2023 California Gov. Gavin Newsom...

By Andrea Bonior, Photo: OleksandrPidvalnyi/Pixabay, Psychology Today, September 26, 2023 With reports of youth mental health problems on the rise and indications that American schoolchildren are getting less and less unstructured play and physical activity, it's worth examining whether these two issues are feeding into each other. A recent study led by Manuel Hanke and Sebastian Ludyga from the Department of Sport, Exercise, and Health at the University of Basel has attempted to do just...

This article reflects on the use of poetic inquiry to explore one transcript from a study I did in the fall of 2020 of rural high school English teacher experiences during the Coronavirus pandemic. The exercise was done as a part of my graduate coursework alongside a discourse analysis I was working on using the same data; therefore, I chose to conduct the poetic transcription as an opportunity for reflexivity within the context of my study. Rationale I originally chose to interview rural...

By Trisha Pasricha, Photo: Washington Post Illustration/iStock, The Washington Post, September 25, 2023 Q: Doctors don’t seem to take me seriously when I tell them I’m in pain. Why don’t they believe how much I’m suffering? A: Pain is consistently among the most common reasons people go to the emergency room , and at least 1 in 5 Americans experience chronic pain. But it’s possible your doctor’s biases and personal experiences with pain are impacting your care. Many physicians are wary about...

By Aaron Schrank, Photo: Sam Comen, Mother Jones, September 22, 2023 Nearly one-third of all Americans experiencing homelessness live in California. Each night, more than 170,000 people sleep outside or in temporary shelters across the state. The vast majority—90 percent—were living in California when they became unhoused. And 75 percent are homeless in the same county in which they lost their housing. In cities across the state, housing has been a dominant political issue. Local leaders...

Students spend time at the turtle pond on the campus of San Diego State University. CREDIT: NOAH LYONS/EDSOURCE By Noah Lyons, EdSource, September 21, 2023 According to a 2018 study published by Frontiers of Public Health , spending time outdoors can aid people in a variety of categories: “attention and cognition, memory, stress and anxiety, sleep, emotional stability and self-perceived welfare or quality of life.” Monicka Fosnocht, an associate therapist at San Diego State University with a...

By Jill Suttie, Photo: John Englart/Wikimedia & Creative Commons, Greater Good Magazine, September 25, 2023 Teenagers in America are inheriting a society rife with social injustice and inequality. Discrimination, police brutality, high rates of violence, substandard educational opportunities, and under-resourced communities are among the many barriers to their future health and happiness. Understandably, young people may feel their futures look bleak, making them anxious, depressed, or...

From Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), September 25, 2023 Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has announced $131.7 million awarded this month in grant programs that connect youth and families to behavioral health services. Tackling the nation’s ongoing mental health crisis, particularly among our youth, is a top priority of the Biden-Harris...