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Student Wellness

Whether through physical education, health education, or health and nutrition policy within a school, learn about ways to promote and maintain student wellness.

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  • 4 Ways to Connect With Students as the Pandemic Eases

    The strain of the pandemic has made it necessary for teachers to find new ways to help students build strong relationships in the classroom.
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  • How to Help Students Resist Their Phones and Develop Better Digital Habits

    Excessive phone use can lead to depression and poor school performance, but building academic confidence can forge healthier habits.
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    7 Ways to Maintain Relationships During Your School Closure

    Suddenly, you’re not in the same physical space as your students. We asked teachers to share strategies for maintaining relationships—both peer-to-peer and student-teacher—when everything’s gone remote.
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  • Schools Are Opening Worldwide, Providing a Model for the U.S.

    Children are returning to school in countries that are weeks—or months—ahead of the U.S. in battling Covid-19. Here’s how it’s happening.
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  • 6 Ways to Help Students with ODD

    Offering kids choices, safe spaces, and positive reinforcement can help teachers avoid problems—or manage them when they arise.
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  • How to Facilitate Meaningful Outdoor Learning

    Exploring the natural world is a powerful strategy for middle and high school. Here are four ways to get students learning outside.
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  • Why Bullying Is Too Narrow a Lens for Addressing Conflict in Middle School

    Everyday conflict can get in the way of academics in the middle grades. Kids need to learn the essential social competencies that will allow them to get back to productive learning.
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  • We Drastically Underestimate the Importance of Brain Breaks

    When it comes to optimizing learning, we don’t value breaks enough, neuroscientists suggest in a new study.
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  • What’s Lost When We Rush Kids Through Childhood

    The author of "The Importance of Being Little" on the costs of our collective failure to see the world through the eyes of children.
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  • The Role of Emotion Co-Regulation in Discipline

    Helping students regain their calm after misbehavior doesn’t mean there are no consequences—it ensures that the right lesson is learned.
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  • The Joy of Pickleball in Elementary School

    Pickleball is an inclusive sport that focuses on strategy and team building and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. This makes it perfect for elementary schools!
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  • The Social and Academic Benefits of Team Sports

    Team sports are about so much more than their physical benefits. This is especially so when group sports activities are incorporated into a young person’s life.
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  • Creating an Inclusive Classroom for Neurodivergent Learners

    Neurodivergence is underrecognized in childhood. Teachers can use these strategies for a universal approach that supports all learners.
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  • Some Schools Are Prioritizing More Sleep for Kids. Is It Making a Difference?

    Despite public skepticism about changing school start times, evidence from schools that have made the plunge seems clear: It leads to better-rested, more motivated students.
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  • 5 Fun Gym Games to Get Kids Moving

    Use these games to engage even the students who don’t usually like to run.
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