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Los Angeles Regional Update
The nation’s schools were already struggling to meet students’ mental health needs when the pandemic hit. How can schools rise to meet students’ ballooning needs in that area as a massive school reopening gets underway?
To be sure, it will be difficult to balance mental health support with an equally massive academic recovery. But child development experts say it’s a balance schools must attempt to strike if they want students to regain their academic footing after an unprecedented year of disruptions, stress, and trauma.
An infusion of federal COVID-19 relief money will help, but how those funds are used will be pivotal. And experts say that schools cannot just focus on the students they know are in crisis; they must bolster supports for all students as well as staff members.
EducationWeek Article “Here’s What Schools Can Do”
Regional News

LAUSD Implements Micro-Credential for Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
The Los Angeles Unified Social Emotional Learning Micro-Credentialing process prepares LAUSD classroom educators to effectively implement evidence-based direct instruction in social emotional learning (SEL) and

Do Students Have Privacy Rights When it Comes to Their Parents? It’s Complicated
As a wave of California public school districts explore policies around students and gender identity, the extent to which state law grants young people privacy

Nearly 100 Parents in LA County Are on the Verge of Becoming Teachers Through a New Collaborative Program
The Universal Pre-Kindergarten Career Development Initiative helps parents complete the coursework required to take on various teaching positions, ranging from assistants to lead teachers. The
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