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Dropout Rate: Discover how a school in Indiana is using community partnerships to increase their graduation rate and how a multifaceted toolkit of resources titled Bad Kids provides tools, lessons and ideas on how to work with students that are in danger of dropping out of school.

Special Populations: Tools for planning and preparing lessons for English Language Learners, students with hearing impairments, and many other student populations.

Classroom Management: Examine strategies modeled by teachers to work with students who behave in a provocative manner in the classroom and hallways.

Community Outreach: Best practices used by educators to create a student experience that is conductive to student learning, both in and out of the classroom.

Relationship Building: Watch a TED Talk that encourages educators to build positive relationships with students, no matter how hard that may be.

Social Issues: How to deal with social issues, such as addiction, abuse, discrimination, poverty and others.

Bullying: Best practices for educators engaging with various student populations about bullying, including resources on conflict resolution and mediation.

Character Education: Content that covers civics, life skills, morals and standards of conduct.

Financial Education: A series of lesson plans on financial literacy titled "Your Life, Your Money" (tailored to middle and high school students).

Performance-Based: Resources to address student anxieties and nerves including COMPASS for Courage and RTI²; portfolios and performance-based assessments are also explored.

Student Misconceptions: How to challenge student's pre-conceived ideas politely and sensitively, and strategies for eliciting student ideas to address or build on them.

Coaching: Topics include co-teaching, instructional coaching, classroom observation, mentoring and modeling

Professional Development: School leaders can go step-by-step with a school in California as they prepare for a series of professional developments. A planning guide and graphic organizers are included.

Health & Physical Education: Topics include mental health, school shootings, cannabis, stress and other factors that may affect a student’s health other than running the mile.