#parent | #kids | Student absences spiked during COVID-19, analysis finds | #coronavirus | #kids. | #children | #schools

Student absences surged on Long Island during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Newsday analysis found, leading education experts to fear that the learning losses could hamper children’s academic progress for years. The analysis revealed a growing disparity, as some systems saw improvement in attendance last school year, while others worsened, exacerbating what…

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#parent | #kids | A lasting tribute: Garden sculpture to honor Dawn Morden, raise awareness of childhood cancer | News, Sports, Jobs | #teacher | #children | #kids

David Beach, iron master at Fox Hollow Iron Works, watches as Julie Turano-Good tries her hand at cutting flowers for the Brian Morden Foundation sculpture, while Barbara Piper looks on. Mirror photo by Cati Keith A local organization is creating a sculpture for a garden at Mansion Park to raise……

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#parent | #kids | #cyberbullying | #cyberbully | RMIT: Nine in 10 adults have been cyberbullies, study finds – India Education | Latest Education News | Global Educational News

New research led by RMIT University indicates that nine in 10 adults who use social media have committed cyberbullying, flagging a need for more measures to prevent this toxic online behaviour. Educated and married people, irrespective of their gender, are most likely to commit cyberbullying more frequently, according to the……

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#parent | #kids | #childsafety | Education Association’s Training Guidance Urges School Counselors To Encourage Child Sex-Change 

School counselors should use their position to urge questioning children to adopt a transgender identity, start opposite-sex hormones, and pursue sex-change surgeries as early as 16, according to an association that provides counselors with continuing education. The guidance is part of “The School Counselor’s Role in Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary…

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#parent | #kids | Little People’s Audrey Roloff claps back after fans slam her for ‘bragging’ about her parenting in ‘insufferable’ posts | #parenting

LITTLE People’s Audrey Roloff has clapped back at fans who have slammed her parenting style. The reality TV star posted a message to Instagram Stories telling her audience that they don’t always see the difficult parts of her life. 5 Audrey Roloff posted a message on her Instagram stories clapping……

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#parent | #kids | Eau Claire Regis AD, teacher charged with repeated sexual assault of a child | #teacher | #children | #kids

November 18, 2022 2:07 PMBy Ken Kosirowski Posted: November 18, 2022 2:07 PM EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WKBT) — An activities director and teacher at an Eau Claire Catholic school is charged with repeated sexual assault of a child in a school zone. 56-year-old Jonathan Jarocki of Regis Catholic Schools is…

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#parent | #kids | Zulgui Medina, the violin teacher who is helping children with special needs | #specialneeds | #kids

“Music therapy helps them in the fields of cognition, balance, neurodevelopment and, above all, it allows them to communicate better with other people”, said the accompanist of famous international soloists. Almost by chance, Venezuelan musician and teacher Zulgui Medina Lanoy found a new way to make children with special needs…

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