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A Population Health Perspective on Middle School Success Activities, Programs, and Policies: Proceedings of a Workshop (2021) / Chapter Skim
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5 The Big Picture
Pages 45-50

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... She explained that this network contains 12 middle schools and aims to ensure that students, families, teachers, and staff have what they need to be successful, including access to com­puters, science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics resources, as well as outdoor education and the restorative justice program directed by ­Gibson, an earlier workshop presenter. As part of her role within the network, Pulido-Esquivel manages the Measure G1 Districtwide Teacher Retention and Middle School Improve ment Act, passed in 2016, with the goal of supporting teacher retention 1 This section summarizes information presented by Linda Pulido-Esquivel of Oakland Unified School District, Christine Thielen of the Association for Middle Level Education Board of Trustees and Lincoln Middle School, and Nancy Deutsch of UVA.
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From page 46...
... Pulido-Esquivel stated that district teachers, on average, earn $10,000 less compared to other county districts and that first-year teacher retention rates are 67 percent, dropping to 36 percent by year 3, compared to elementary school teacher retention rates of 81 and 61 percent, respectively. Hoping to address these concerns, she concluded by saying that the parcel tax has already created growth in areas such as safety, mental health, art, and music programs.
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From page 47...
... . Deutsch then continued to describe Remaking Middle School, a nationwide and multisector program housed within Youth-Nex aimed at using innovative practices, fostering collaboration, and building an online resource repository connecting educators and researchers to promote the learning of young adolescents.
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From page 48...
... Cathy Baase of the Michigan Health Improvement Alliance directed her comment about the origins of the G1 parcel tax to Pulido-Esquivel, to which the latter explained that the parcel tax narrowly passed after a time of financial instability. It had been argued that middle schools did
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From page 49...
... Deutsch mentioned a communitywide initiative that included a youth participatory action research component in Broward County, Florida, but she was unable to provide further details. She did continue by briefly describing student movements advocating for equity and on issues of segregation in New York City public schools.
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