Publications
You don’t always know who it is: which student had their first drink over the weekend? While you can’t always know exactly who, we do know that more than 70% of DC students have had at least alcoholic drink by the time they leave high school.
As educators we know that bullying, harassment and isolation can have devastating effects on a young person's academic and socioemotional success in classroom and beyond. LGBTQ youth are at higher risk for these and many other negative outcomes.
Healthy kids are better learners! One of the best things elementary classroom teachers can do to improve student test scores is to integrate movement into the core subjects. A large percentage of children are kinesthetic learners and every child benefits from quick, brain-based energizers.
Chronic stress creates long-term activation of the stress-response system. The subsequent overexposure to the stress response system can disrupt almost all your body's processes.
In this informative and collaborative session, participants will learn about the physical education and physical activity components of the Healthy Schools Act and the far-reaching benefits of physical activity for students.
The District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), as the State Education Agency (SEA) for the District of Columbia, is responsible for ensuring Local Educational Agency (LEA) compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, at 20 U.S.C.
On January 17, 2014, the President signed into law H.R. 3547, the omnibus funding bill for Federal Fiscal Year 2014 (FFY14).
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004) requires states to publicly report Local Education Agency (LEA) performance against targets established in the State Performance Plan (SPP) no later than 120 days after the State's submission of its Annual Performance Report (…
All LEAs are required to post the "Student Residency Fraud Prevention Hotline" Poster in the registrars office or a visible area towards the schools entrance. Please use the forms below to ensure you are in compliance with OSSE requests. The posters are in all six languages.
SY 2013-2014 Community Academy PCS - Amos I Public Charter School Health Profile