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Public schools must foster belonging for all students, supported by evidence-based practices and policy action that includes investment and belonging metrics in school quality assessments. 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This crisis directly impacts our nation’s prospects.  \nPublic schools have the essential duty of fostering a sense of belonging among all students. Research establishes many effective, evidence-based practices for schools to improve student belonging. Policymakers and education leaders, therefore, must prioritize school belonging by emphasizing strategic attention, making substantial investments, and incorporating belonging metrics in school quality assessments.  \nDefining Student Belonging and School Connectedness  \nBelonging is a fundamental human need, pivotal in developing and maintaining meaningful relationships in adolescence and adulthood.i Within educational settings, student belonging translates to experiencing supportive, accepting, and respectful relationships with both teachers and peers where students feel valued and safe.ii  \nThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  \n(CDC) defines school connectedness as the belief students hold that adults and peers in their school care about their learning as well as about them as individuals. This definition underscores the importance of personal recognition and emotional support in fostering a sense of belonging. There is a profound relationship between belonging and connectedness; the former is rooted in the perception of being an integral part of the school community, while the latter emphasizes the specific roles of adults and peers in nurturing this sense of inclusion. Together, belonging and connectedness create a comprehensive framework for understanding the dynamics of student engagement and well-being in educational environments.iii  \nThe Importance of Belonging in Schools  \nBelonging in schools is highly predictive of positive educational and personal outcomes,  \nincluding academic success, attendance, high school graduation rates, and college enrollment.iv It is also predictive of students’ motivation, social well-being, classroom behavior,v academic self-efficacy, happiness, psychological functioning, self-esteem, and identity development.vi The long-term impact of school connectedness is profound: students who feel connected to their school show lower levels of drug abuse, mental health issues, and violent behavior or victimization in adulthood.vii  \nThe Current Crisis in School Belonging  \nAt this moment, alarming data show that we are getting climate and belonging wrong.  \nRecent data indicate that close to 40% of US high school students do not feel connected to school.viii This sense of alienation is particularly acute among students facing racism, LGBTQ+ students, and students with disabilities.ix Evidence points to curricular and school structures that fail to engage many studentsx as a primary reason students reject schooling that devalues them, as opposed to rejecting school.xi  \nConcurrently, a worrying rise in anxiety, depression, and hospitalization for suicidal thoughts among adolescents has been exacerbated by the pandemic. Alarmingly, in 2021, one in ten American high school students attempted suicide. The rate was more than twice as high for LGBTQ+ students.xii This level of alienation and despair demands immediate and comprehensive action.  \nChronic absenteeism is another indicator of the student belonging crisis.xiii In over half of US high schools, 30% or more students were chronically absent in the 2021–22 academic year.xiv This absenteeism is a precursor to a range of short-term and long-term consequences across academic, economic, social, and health outcomes that include escalated school violence, substance abuse, mental health issues, and bullying, as well as detrimental health and social outcomes in adulthood.xv Addressing the widespread disengagement is crucial and calls for enhancing students’ sense ","cbCaiufkUpjCncVR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiufkUpjCncVR","pdf",829391,"English","# Defining Student Belonging and School Connectedness\n## The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)\n# The Importance of Belonging in Schools\n## Educational and personal outcomes\n# The Current Crisis in School Belonging\n## Disconnection and vulnerable groups\n## Anxiety, depression, and suicide attempts\n## Chronic absenteeism\n# The Broader Context of the Belonging Crisis\n## Teacher support and educator well-being\n# What Does the Research Say?\n## Developmental needs across stages\n# What Should Schools Do?","[{\"question\":\"How is student belonging defined in educational settings?\",\"answer\":\"Student belonging is the experience of supportive, accepting, and respectful relationships with teachers and peers, where students feel valued and safe.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the relationship between belonging and school connectedness?\",\"answer\":\"Belonging is rooted in perceiving oneself as part of the school community, while connectedness emphasizes adults’ and peers’ roles in nurturing inclusion; together they shape engagement and well-being.\"},{\"question\":\"Which outcomes does school belonging predict?\",\"answer\":\"School belonging predicts academic success, attendance, graduation and college enrollment, as well as motivation, social well-being, classroom behavior, self-efficacy, happiness, psychological functioning, self-esteem, and identity development.\"}]","A Crisis of Student Belonging - June 2024 | PDF",1792041597,18]