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North Carolina

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

Katie Dukes
Opinion

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

Simone Marean & Takai Tyler
The 74 Interview

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

Joshua Bay
mental health

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

Marianna McMurdock
Illinois

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

Kari Lydersen
mental health

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

Hutch Whitman
mental health

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

Linda Jacobson
mental health

74 Interview: Psychologist Deborah Offner on Educators as First Responders

Marianna McMurdock
commentary

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

Tim Wills
mental health

Student Spotlight: How An Arizona Teen Animated Social Media Addiction

Marianna McMurdock
mental health

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

Marianna McMurdock
commentary

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

Andrew Buher & Hal Friedlander
mental health

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

Christine Vestal
Gun Safety

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

Stephen Simpson
North Carolina

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

Rupen Fofaria
mental health

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

Alex Baumhardt
Analysis

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

Bella DiMarco & Nathalie Kirsch
commentary

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

Laura Smith
mental health

North Carolina Governor Directs Federal Money to College Mental Health Supports

Liz Bell
Florida

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

Danielle J. Brown
mental health

1.3 Million Los Angeles Students Could Soon Access Free Teletherapy

Marianna McMurdock
mental health

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

Marianna McMurdock
mental health

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

Marianna McMurdock
The New Normal

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

Meghan Gallagher
The New Normal

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

Marianna McMurdock, Joshua Bay & Meghan Gallagher
Newport News Shooting

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
LGBTQ youth

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

Beth Hawkins
school attendance

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

Jess Whitley & Beth Saggers
Best of 2022

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

Bev Weintraub
mental health

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

Marianna McMurdock
mental health

Colleges Struggling to Recruit Therapists for Students in Crisis

Mark Kreidler
mental health

Virtual Nightmare: One Student’s Journey Through the Pandemic

Linda Jacobson
The Big Picture

Teachers Felt More COVID Anxiety than Healthcare Workers, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken
LGBTQ Students

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

Beth Hawkins
ACEs

Ohio Advocates Urge State to Invest More in Youth Mental Health

Susan Tebben
Pandemic

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

Caryl M. Stern
student voice

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

Za’Nia Stinson
mental health

Trauma Counselors Across Texas Travel to Uvalde

Bekah McNeel
Chronic Absenteeism

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

Susan Tebben
mental health

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

Sara Gregory
Life lines in Austin

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

Bekah McNeel
absenteeism

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

Jasmine De Leon
absenteeism

Student Voice: Pandemic Attendance Crisis is About More Than COVID

Andre Young
counselors

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

Jaden Edison
mental health

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

Alex Baumhardt
student voice

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Michigan

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

Eleanore Catolico
education

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

Linda Jacobson
700 Days of COVID & Counting

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

Bekah McNeel
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

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

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao
The Big Picture

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

Linda Jacobson
children's rights

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

Andrew Buher
mental health

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

Brian Lopez & Karen Brooks Harper
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

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

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao
American School Counselor Association

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

Linda Jacobson
Austin

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

Linda Jacobson
Life lines in Austin

A Cry for Help from Teen Boys in Austin is Answered

Bekah McNeel
The 74 Interview

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

Beth Hawkins
Los Angeles

Young Advocates Take the Lead to Curb Campus Suicide

Holly Korbey
book bans

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

Mark Keierleber
Youth Voice

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
adolescent depression

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

Mark Keierleber
Pandemic

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

Mark Keierleber
black students

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

Aaricka Washington
American Psychological Association

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

Linda Jacobson
medicaid

Using Medicaid to Fund More Mental Health Supports for Schools

Rupen Fofaria
Pandemic

3 COVID Learning Success Case Studies

Marianna McMurdock
AASA

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

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Student ‘Mental Health Days’ Catching On In More States

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

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

Bella DiMarco & Nathan Kriha
Pandemic

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

Linda Jacobson
biden

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

The 74
education leadership

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

Marianna McMurdock
Pandemic

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

Eleanor Klibanoff
community college

Community Colleges Face Mounting Mental Health Challenges

Alli Lindenberg
Pandemic

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

Veronica Sierra
Foundation Aid

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

Jo Napolitano
COVID Slide

How ‘Saturday Accelerators’ Are Helping Students Repair COVID Learning Loss

Joshua Parrish
Pandemic

Educators' Mental Health Tied to Classroom Effectiveness

Beth Hawkins
Pandemic

National Trauma: 1 in 450 Youth Have Lost a Parent or Caregiver to COVID

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Dr. Jha: Cities That Close Schools Before Bars ‘Don’t Care About Kids’

The 74
Pandemic

Four States Increase Access to Youth Mental Health Care

Marianna McMurdock
COVID Slide

Why One State Is Investing Millions Into ‘Academic Coaches’ for Students

Joshua Parrish
Pandemic

58% of NYC Youth Needing Mental Health Help Amid COVID Say They Didn’t Get It

Marianna McMurdock
Pandemic

Iowa Schools Move to Shore Up Student Mental Health Services

Leah McBride Mensching
college retention

This State Is Paying for College Success Coaches to Aid Student Loan Borrowers

Marianna McMurdock
Pandemic

Back to School — After 18 Months of COVID: Before Kids Can Learn They Must Heal

Conor P. Williams
Pandemic

D.C. Charter School Makes Mindfulness Part of School Day

Marianna McMurdock
Pandemic

Mental Health Leading Barrier to Learning, Fewer Students College-Bound

Marianna McMurdock
Pandemic

Reimagined Summer School in Tulsa Draws 11K Students

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Mental Health Hubs Take on Second Pandemic

Bekah McNeel
Pandemic

Educators Prepare for “Second Pandemic” with Mental Health First Aid

Bekah McNeel
Pandemic

Innovative Idaho Program Offers Immediate Therapy For Any Student Who Needs It

Sami Edge
mental health

Survey Finds Schools Forcing NYC Parents to the Sidelines

Wendy Luttrell, Mieasia Edwards & Kelly Brady
Pandemic Notebook

My Chinese Grandfather’s Death Brought Home Pandemic’s Mental Health Toll

Cindy Chen
Pandemic

Sleep the ‘Magic Pill’ to Restoring Teens’ Mental Health

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Puppy Power: As Classrooms Reopen, Why Schools Should Save a Place for Pets

Kay O'Donnell & Mary Margaret Callahan
Pandemic

How Teachers Are Helping to Tackle Teen Depression During the Pandemic

Sam P. K. Collins
Pandemic

Study Backs Efforts to Focus on Preschoolers’ Mental Health

Linda Jacobson
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