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The Washington Post: Students in high-achieving schools are now named an 'at-risk' group, study says

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"Children are so saturated with messages about achievement in many schools and communities that parents need to be really conscious about fighting against those messages at home.” —Rick Weissbourd

In this piece for The Washington Post, Jennifer Breheny Wallace spoke with Rick Weissbourd about emerging research that has found that students in “high-achieving schools” are at risk for behavioral and mental health problems.

 

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