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From the Back Cover REDUCE STRESS AND IMPROVE ACADEMIC SUCCESS WITH THIS RESEARCH-BACKED FRAMEWORK FOR CHANGE Our increasingly fast-paced world is interfering with sound educational practices and harming kids both physically and mentally. Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids gives teachers, administrators, and parents the information, tools, and strategies needed to begin making immediate changes at school, in the community, and at home to benefit all students. Based on the Challenge Success program?a research-based project founded at Stanford University's Graduate School of Education?this vital resource shows how to create a more balanced and academically fulfilling life for kids. Step by step, Denise Pope, Maureen Brown, and Sarah Miles outline a concrete framework to reduce student stress while engaging kids in real learning. Overloaded and Underprepared details strategies and techniques that have been proven to work with tens of thousands of students, like hands-on learning and alternative assessments, as well as educating kids and parents about healthier ways to handle stress. The book helps to identify areas for improvement at school, brainstorm possible solutions, identify potential obstacles, and offer ways to achieve buy-in from multiple stakeholders. The illustrative, real-life case studies from schools throughout the country offer a guide for change and a practical action plan that can be implemented in a single classroom or on a school-wide scale. Overloaded and Underprepared helps better prepare students?mentally, emotionally, and academically?to handle the challenges they will face in school and in life. Read more About the Author DENISE POPE, PHD, is a senior lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education and the co-founder of Challenge Success. MAUREEN BROWN, MBA, is executive director for Challenge Success, where she oversees daily operations as well as marketing and strategic planning. SARAH MILES, M.S.W., PHD,is director of research for Challenge Success. She researches how schools and classrooms can best support student learning and engagement. Read more

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