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‘An Amazing Victory’: Free School Meals for More Students The USDA, supported by NEA advocacy, expands access to free lunch and breakfast for all students. https://buff.ly/48i0ubQ #NASDSE

3 Tips for School Leaders to Nurture Teachers' Well-Being Two experts in the mental health field share advice for how school leaders can mitigate teacher stress levels. https://buff.ly/48g8nP2 #NASDSE

Spotlight on the Science of Reading for Students with Disabilities This Spotlight will empower you with strategies to apply the science of reading to support students with learning differences and more. https://buff.ly/3NMo1th #NASDSE

How Reading Policy Evolved in 2023, And What's Ahead Our curriculum and instruction reporter recaps developments in reading policy and offers a look at what's ahead. https://buff.ly/48VKNXR #NASDSE

PISA results show math performance declined globally amid #COVID-19 Though the results echo trends highlighted in recent NAEP scores, the U.S. struggled less in math than other industrialized nations did. https://buff.ly/48gsGeV #NASDSE

Recruiters from some of the nation’s most selective universities — MIT, the University of Chicago, Yale — have, for the first time, come to small towns as part of an effort to pay more attention to rural America, where students are less likely than their urban and suburban counterparts to go to college and, if they do, more likely to drop out. https://buff.ly/48xc2YZ #NASDSE

4 key school staffing solution themes that emerged in 2023 From a looming fiscal cliff to creative recruitment and retention strategies, here’s what stood out in the past year of our Staffed Up coverage. Staffed up examines school staffing best practices and solutions for teacher recruitment and retention. https://buff.ly/47pfqn8 #NASDSE

Four Pillars of Effective Teletherapy in Schools: A Downloadable Guide Teletherapy has become a reliable way for schools to extend the mental health safety net for their students. It can meet several needs at one go, chief among them the lack of qualified professionals to deal with counseling and therapy needs in schools. Use our new resource to help guide you through the logistics of setting up a program in your school. https://buff.ly/3RGwqzn #NASDSE

How School Leaders Can Build Emotional Intelligence Attend this virtual event to discover what emotional intelligence is, why it’s valuable for school and district leaders, and how you can develop it. https://buff.ly/41M2jeK Register Jan. 11, 2024 2:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. ET

Why hospitals in several states are reinstating mask requirements COVID hospitalizations have risen for the seventh consecutive week. https://buff.ly/41K6cAF #NASDSE