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Teen girls are “stepping up and showing up” to overcome high school’s hardest challenges and biggest fears
Program inspired by troubling data on teenage girls’ mental health referrals and hospitalizations At Carlynton Junior-Senior High School in Carnegie, a community just outside of Pittsburgh, PA, an innovative program called Girls Supporting Girls is making the high school’s challenges easier for girls to navigate together. As the program grows, girls are building skills, forging friendships, and even charting new paths toward future careers. It all began when school psychologist Patricia Serdy was looking at troubling data on teenage girls’ mental health referrals and hospitalizations. “I found some pretty consistent trends: girls who were at an age in their life where they were really just struggling, but they were struggling…
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Empower Education – American High School Students, Inspiring the Futures of Underserved Children Internationally
One Classroom at a Time February 27, 2025, Newport Harbor, CA…Empower Education, a passionate student-led initiative is working to create a brighter future for underserved students around the world. Founded by a group of dedicated high school volunteers, Empower Education strives to improve the quality of education for children in Uganda, Africa, and Oaxaca, Mexico, while also expanding its mission globally. Through a series of impactful projects, including the building of classrooms, providing educational materials, creating curriculum, and fostering athletic programs, Empower Education is shaping a better tomorrow, one community at a time. Visit At the core of Empower Education’s efforts is the belief that every student has the potential…
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The Path to Academic Recovery and How Kumon Helps Students Close the Education Gap By: Amber Braverman
Guest Post Instruction Specialist at Kumon North America The education gap is widening. National test scores from fourth and eighth graders around the U.S. show students continue to struggle in both math and reading, according to the recently released 2024 NAEP scores, also known as the Nation’s Report Card. These declines are valid concerns for parents, but they are hardly new. The challenges brought on by disruptions in traditional schooling have left students struggling to meet grade-level expectations, leaving families searching for effective solutions that local school districts aren’t able to overcome alone. The gaps are simply a discrepancy between what the student should have learned versus what they actually…
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