Freshman Year: The Make or Break Year

Schooled: The Podcast by John S O'Connor

Aug 26, 201900:32:58Education

Episode 9: Freshman, rookie, newbie. How can schools help students make the difficult transition to 9th grade, often leaving behind the smaller, more protected environments of middle school to navigate the larger high sc...

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