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.NYSSCA UPDATE
Online data tool allows users to explore how New York school districts are investing resources
EdTrustNY
The Education Trust–New York today relaunched its New York School Funding online data tool that allows users to explore whether school districts across the state are using funding resources equitably to support students with the greatest needs.
Using publicly available data from a state law that requires all 673 New York school districts receiving foundation aid to report their 2021-22 school-level budgets, the data tool – available at nyschoolfunding.org – allows users to see how schools and districts allocate resources, and whether students from low-income backgrounds, students with disabilities, and multilingual learners are receiving the resources they need to succeed.
The tool allows users to:
- See how much funding individual schools receive and how they spend the monies.
- Explore whether large districts (with at least 10 elementary/middle or high schools) are providing the most resources to the schools with the greatest student needs.
- Compare funding between schools with different or similar student demographics.
- Explore how school funding and student performance are related.
- See how spending has changed over a four-year period.
Equal is not the same as equitable, and schools with significant needs require greater funding than other schools. This is especially true in the current climate, as the ongoing pandemic and systemic racism continue to exacerbate pre-existing inequities and take a disproportionate toll on students who were previously underserved by the education system.
The tool comes as school districts across New York are receiving an additional $8.9 billion in funding through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, money that is intended to supplement school budgets and support programs and services to help students who have been impacted by the pandemic both academically and social emotionally. The Education Trust–New York will be releasing a separate analysis of how schools are using these funds this fall.
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NYSSCA Awards 2022
NYSSCA
As we have begun the new school year, we encourage you to reflect upon the successes you and your colleagues have had in supporting students and building comprehensive programs that are data driven and student centered.
Looking through this lens of skills, programs and leadership, please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for one of the NYSSCA Annual Awards.
The deadline for all nominations is October 14, 2022, and award recipients will be announced at the NYSSCA Annual Conference on November 17-19, 2022 at the Hilton Albany, NY.
If you have any questions, please contact us at: 937-9-NYSSCA or 937-969-7722.
Mark Mason, Past President & Awards Chair
pastpresident@nyssca.org
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.AROUND THE INDUSTRY
Quietly quitting the college admission race
Forbes
You have likely heard of the phenomenon called "quiet quitting." While it has come to represent a range of work and life balance issues, a TikTok post by Zaiad Khan captured it best. He said, "you are no longer subscribing to the hustle culture mentality that work has to be our life." Regretfully, this mentality starts long before the workplace, with origins in many high schools.
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Fighting negative body image issues in kids and teens
Michigan Health
The majority of adolescents and teens are self-conscious about their appearance, a new national poll suggests.
Nearly two thirds of parents say their child is insecure about some aspect of their appearance and one in five say their teens avoid scenarios like being in photos because they're too self-conscious, according to the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at University of Michigan Health.
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How to help your teen get moving
CNN
It's no secret that exercise is important for your health, whatever your age. And it's tempting to assume kids have no problem staying active. After all, there is gym class in school, recess for the younger ones and organized sports — lots of organized sports. But children, and especially teenagers, are far less active than you would think.
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Students' emotional growth continues beyond classroom walls
eSchool News
As the days of summer dwindle, many parents are looking at the fast-approaching new academic year with a sense of uncertainty and unease. A nationwide teacher shortage has left schools scrambling to fill critical vacancies in a matter of weeks. And tensions over mask-wearing may soon return to a fever pitch as a rise in COVID cases and hospitalizations is already leading some public school districts to announce a planned reinstatement of controversial mandates.
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When your kid is the bully
OSF HealthCare
Chances are you've experienced bullying in one way or another at some point in your lifetime. Maybe you were bullied as a child or had a friend or sibling who was bullied. Perhaps you are a teacher who works every day to prevent bullying in your classroom, or maybe you are a parent whose child was bullied. One thing is certain: Bullying has been an issue for years. In fact, at least one in five students report being bullied.
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US teens are smoking and drinking less but using cannabis and vaping more
Healthline
Over the past few decades, teens in the U.S. have been smoking fewer cigarettes, using fewer other drugs, and drinking less — including binge drinking — than before, a new study suggests.
At the same time, however, cannabis use and vaping (both nicotine and cannabis) have been on the rise, especially in the past decade, according to the study by researchers led by scientists from Columbia University in New York.
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Survey finds most teens reject glamorized lifestyles in entertainment media
Phys.org
Not that long ago, teens binged on aspirational content, where the kinds of lives portrayed in "Gossip Girl" were what they wanted on their screens. But according to a recent study conducted by UCLA's Center for Scholars and Storytellers, teens today resoundingly reject those kinds of stories.
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