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6 Hidden & Not-So-Hidden Factors Driving America’s Student Absenteeism Crisis

Greg Toppo

‘Whole Child, Whole Life’ Book Offers 10 Ways For Kids to Live, Learn & Thrive

Conor P. Williams

Suicide-Prevention Program Helps Alaska Students Identify Their Own Strength

Claire Stremple

Lauded Teen Anxiety Doc To Stream Free in Honor of Mental Health Screening Month

Steve Snyder

Fentanyl is Poisoning Arizona’s Teens. Students Are Reducing Overdoses, One PSA at a Time

Marianna McMurdock

How Have Schools Improved Since the Pandemic? What Teachers Had to Say

Cory Beets

Iowa Board Of Regents, Universities Target Campus Mental Health

Brooklyn Draisey

Maryland Officials Want to Boost Schools’ Behavioral Health Services With $120M

Danielle J. Brown

15 Key Takeaways From More Than 3,000 Gen Zers on Their ‘Struggling’ Lives & Future

Joshua Bay

‘Time is Running Out’: COVID-19 Set Back Older Students the Most, Study Finds

Greg Toppo

Kids’ Crisis Centers are Opening in Connecticut, but Who’s Paying the Bills?

Ginny Monk

New ‘Anxious Nation’ Documentary Offers Intimate Portrait of Teen Anxiety

Marianna McMurdock

Idaho Youth Can Now Access Residential Mental Health Care

Kyle Pfannenstiel

Period Products Will Be Available for Free in Ohio Schools

Megan Henry

1 Adult, 600 Students: Overwhelmed School Counselors Detail Duties, Burnout

Casey Smith

Gen Z Entrepreneurs Tackle Youth Mental Health Crisis With Music Therapy

Joshua Bay

More Research Shows the Harm of Social Media Use on Mental Health & Body Image

Emily Hemendinger

92,000 Pennsylvania Students Sought Help Addressing Mental Health Last Year

Chanel Hill

Virginia Eyes Soaring College Counseling Demand as Answer to Workforce Shortages

Sarah Vogelsong

Surgeon General Wants Warning Label on Social Media for Youth Mental Health

Marianna McMurdock

For Chicago Girls Confronting Violence, A School Solution for Reducing PTSD

Marianna McMurdock

‘OK To Not Be OK’: Therapy on Campus Helps El Paso Students

Priscilla Totiyapungprasert

The ‘Feeling Friends’ are Helping Students Learn to Talk About Their Emotions

Katie Dukes

Girls Are in a Mental Health Crisis. What Schools Must Do to Help

Simone Marean & Takai Tyler

Student Mental Health: From Buses to Cafeterias, How All School Workers Can Help

Joshua Bay

Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning May Impact School District Legal Surge

Marianna McMurdock

Mental Health, Roofing & Job Training: Illinois ‘Just Transition’ Grants Launch

Kari Lydersen

North Carolina Gets ‘F’ Grade for Children’s Mental Health in New Report

Hutch Whitman

Despite ‘Crisis,’ States and Districts Slow to Spend $1B in Mental Health Funds

Linda Jacobson

74 Interview: Psychologist Deborah Offner on Educators as First Responders

Marianna McMurdock

Mentoring Is Declining Just When Young People Need It Most. Congress Can Help

Tim Wills

Student Spotlight: How An Arizona Teen Animated Social Media Addiction

Marianna McMurdock

Teen Mental Health Crisis Pushes More School Districts to Sue Social Media Giants

Marianna McMurdock

Virtual Reality & Other New Technologies Pose Risks for Kids. It’s Time to Act

Andrew Buher & Hal Friedlander

Awash in Federal Money, State Lawmakers Tackle Worsening Youth Mental Health

Christine Vestal

SXSW EDU Panelists: Address Both Gun Policy and Mental Health for School Safety

Stephen Simpson

Whole Child NC Committee Plans to Make Recommendations to State Board in June

Rupen Fofaria

Oregon Youth Tell State, Federal Leaders They Need Culturally Relevant Mental Health Care

Alex Baumhardt

Teacher Pay, School Choice, Literacy: Top Priorities for 44 Governors in 2023

Bella DiMarco & Nathalie Kirsch

3 Steps School Districts Can Take to Address the Student Mental Health Crisis

Laura Smith

North Carolina Governor Directs Federal Money to College Mental Health Supports

Liz Bell

Feds Award Near $10 Million to Fund Mental Health Services in FL Schools

Danielle J. Brown

1.3 Million Los Angeles Students Could Soon Access Free Teletherapy

Marianna McMurdock

Nearly 1 in 5 Teen Girls ‘Engulfed’ In Wave of Sexual Violence; Many Suicidal

Marianna McMurdock

Schools’ New Normal: Teacher Shortages, Repeat Meals, Late Buses, Canceled Classes

Marianna McMurdock, Joshua Bay & Meghan Gallagher

What One NYC Educator’s Grief Reveals About Teachers’ Mental Health Struggles

Marianna McMurdock

Principal Forced to Double as Teacher Alarmed How Pandemic Is Affecting Students

Meghan Gallagher

After 3 Weeks and a Flood of Details, Va. School Shooting Grows More Unthinkable

Asher Lehrer-Small

Anger & Fear: New Poll Shows School-Level Impact of Anti-LGBTQ Political Debate

Beth Hawkins

School Attendance Problems Are Complex, and Our Solutions Need to be as Well

Jess Whitley & Beth Saggers

Big Ideas About America’s Schools: The Year's Most Memorable Education Essays

Bev Weintraub

A ‘New Normal’—National Student Survey Finds Mental Health Top Learning Obstacle

Marianna McMurdock

Colleges Struggling to Recruit Therapists for Students in Crisis

Mark Kreidler

Virtual Nightmare: One Student’s Journey Through the Pandemic

Linda Jacobson

Teachers Felt More COVID Anxiety than Healthcare Workers, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken

College Mental Health Supports Reduce Suicide Risk 84% in LGBTQ Students

Beth Hawkins

Ohio Advocates Urge State to Invest More in Youth Mental Health

Susan Tebben

A Slow-Motion Crisis: Gen Z’s Battle Against Depression, Addiction, Hopelessness

Caryl M. Stern

I Lived In a Shelter As a Child. Schools Must Better Understand Homeless Youth

Za’Nia Stinson

Trauma Counselors Across Texas Travel to Uvalde

Bekah McNeel

Supporting the Whole Child: Study Shows Parents Want More Mental Health Support for Kids

Susan Tebben

How One Rural South Carolina School District is Tackling the In-School Therapist Shortage

Sara Gregory

Amid Spike in Teen Drinking During Pandemic, Schools Turn to Alateen For Help

Bekah McNeel

7 Things We Learned About COVID’s Impact on Education From Survey of 800 Schools

Jasmine De Leon

Student Voice: Pandemic Attendance Crisis is About More Than COVID

Andre Young

In Texas, School Counselors Grapple With Supporting Kids in Age of Mass Violence

Jaden Edison

Youth Mental Health Crisis: State Opens Free Online Training for Teachers, Parents

Alex Baumhardt

Mental Health, Teacher Shortages, Uvalde: Students Talk 2022’s Key School Issues

Asher Lehrer-Small

As Mental Health Crisis Rages, Michigan Schools Work to Boost Kids’ Connection

Eleanore Catolico

Experts Question ‘School Safety Clearinghouse’ Mandated by New Gun Reform Law

Linda Jacobson

Remembering How to Be Friends: Amid COVID Isolation, One School Is Using Talking Circles to Help Kids Reconnect

Bekah McNeel

WATCH: An Inner City Teacher Helps His Community Capture Hope & Promise in Art

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

Survey: Pandemic Learning Loss is Teachers’ Top Source of Job-Related Stress

Linda Jacobson

A New Children’s Rights Movement: Why Now Is the Time to Demand More For Kids

Andrew Buher

For Kids Who Survived Uvalde Shooting Uninjured, Trauma Will Take Time to Heal

Brian Lopez & Karen Brooks Harper

Watch: How an Island Teacher Builds Community Bridges Through Her Hawaii School

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

Oklahoma Bets on School Counseling Corps to Address ‘Mental Health Deserts’

Linda Jacobson

As Tragedy Unfolded, TX House Discussed Troubling State of Student Mental Health

Linda Jacobson

A Cry for Help from Teen Boys in Austin is Answered

Bekah McNeel

‘Provider of Last Resort’: Superintendent’s Last Plea for Help for Her Students

Beth Hawkins

Young Advocates Take the Lead to Curb Campus Suicide

Holly Korbey

Survey: Nearly ½ of LGBTQ Youth Considered Suicide in the Last Year

Mark Keierleber

Youth Voice: Meet The 74’s All-New Student Council

Asher Lehrer-Small

Could AI ‘Chatbots’ Solve the Youth Mental Health Crisis?

Mark Keierleber

CDC Data Reveal Alarming Extent of Pandemic-Era Youth Mental Health Crisis

Mark Keierleber

Defunding Police: LA Schools Redirected Money to Hiring Mental Health Staff

Aaricka Washington

1 in 3 Educators Report Facing Abuse Over Past Year, 15% Were Victim of Violence

Linda Jacobson

Using Medicaid to Fund More Mental Health Supports for Schools

Rupen Fofaria

3 COVID Learning Success Case Studies

Marianna McMurdock

Advocates Fear Biden May Have Missed Best Chance for School Funding Windfall

Linda Jacobson

AZ’s Beth Lehr on a ‘Vilified’ Teachers and Other Pandemic Fallout

Linda Jacobson

Student ‘Mental Health Days’ Catching On In More States

Kevin Mahnken

Governors Shift Away from COVID to Teacher Pay, Mental Health & Culture Wars

Bella DiMarco & Nathan Kriha

Biden State of the Union Puts Focus on Students' Education 'Turned Upside-Down'

Linda Jacobson

Biden to Declare Mental Health Crisis For American Youth at State of the Union

The 74

Growing Fears in Schools About Looming 'Mass Exodus' of Principals This Summer

Marianna McMurdock

In Pandemic’s Isolation, an Alarming Number of Teenage Girls Are Attempting Suicide

Eleanor Klibanoff

Community Colleges Face Mounting Mental Health Challenges

Alli Lindenberg

Parent Poll: 5 Concerns About How Schools Have Weathered the Pandemic

Veronica Sierra

Gov. Hochul Calls to Fully Fund Schools, Pump Up Teacher Pipeline

Jo Napolitano
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