Naomi Thiers

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Can't We Let Teens Be Teens?

Social-Emotional Learning

Cathy Vatterott

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The Teens Are Not Alright

Eric Hardie

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Giving Teens a Place at the Table

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Anthony Rebora

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Honoring the Teen Brain: A Conversation with Thomas Armstrong

Catherine Hart

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Controlled Burn: A Story of Growth

Student Engagement

Jeffrey Benson

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When Rules Get in the Way

Anny Fritzen Case

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Seeing—and Supporting—Immigrant Teens

Muna Farah

Jacob Lewis

Maisie Jung

Joshua Lombardi

Ethan Hemmings

Sam Moehlig

Athanacia Varelas

Mac Baker

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Teen Voices: What We Really Need from Schools

School Culture & Improvement

Horace R. Hall

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What Do Black Adolescents Need from Schools?

Johanna Eager

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Supporting Students' Intersecting Identities

Opportunity Gaps

Michael Fullan

Mag Gardner

Max Drummy

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Going Deeper

Ulrich Boser

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Learning to Learn: Tips for Teens and Their Teachers

Dena C. DeJulius

Lisa H. McLean

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Meeting Struggling Teens Where They Are

Bryan Goodwin

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Cultivating Curiosity in Teens

Douglas Fisher

Nancy Frey

"There Was This Teacher …"

Jill Harrison Berg

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Growing Pains

H. Richard Milner IV

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Confronting Inequity / Bringing After-School to School

Carol Ann Tomlinson

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One to Grow On / Being a Guiding Light Teens Need

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Educational Leadership Staff

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Tell Me About

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ASCD Community in Action

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Readers React

Teaching Strategies

EL Takeaways

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Turn & Talk / Willow Taylor Yang on Teen Voice and Gun Violence

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Research Alert / Helping Teens Work with Test Anxiety

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Relevant Read / What's the Purpose?

Snapshot / Musical Training

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Numbers of Note / Teens: Sleepless and Sedentary

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Seen on the Screen / Building Positive Body Image

Laura J. Hall

Samuel L. Odom

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Deepening Supports for Teens with Autism

Heather Wolpert-Gawron

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Engaging Teen Writers Through Authentic Tasks

The teenage years are unique, and today’s teens face new challenges as well as opportunities. This issue will explore how schools can work smarter to keep middle and high school students healthy, safe, engaged, challenged, and supported. What do today’s teens need most, in terms of both academic and social supports? 

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What Teens Need from Schools

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