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mental health

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

Meghan Gallagher

January 31, 2023

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

Marianna McMurdock, Joshua Bay & Meghan Gallagher

January 31, 2023

Newport News Shooting

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

Asher Lehrer-Small

January 26, 2023

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

January 19, 2023

school attendance

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

Jess Whitley & Beth Saggers

December 29, 2022

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

December 27, 2022

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

Marianna McMurdock

December 7, 2022

Colleges Struggling to Recruit Therapists for Students in Crisis

December 3, 2022

Virtual Nightmare: One Student’s Journey Through the Pandemic

November 15, 2022

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The Big Picture

Teachers Felt More COVID Anxiety than Healthcare Workers, Study Finds

November 15, 2022

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

September 28, 2022

Ohio Advocates Urge State to Invest More in Youth Mental Health

September 9, 2022

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

September 7, 2022

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

Za’Nia Stinson

August 24, 2022

Trauma Counselors Across Texas Travel to Uvalde

August 24, 2022

Chronic Absenteeism

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

August 18, 2022

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

Life lines in Austin

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

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

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

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

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

700 Days of COVID & Counting

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

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

children's rights

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

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

Brian Lopez & Karen Brooks Harper

American School Counselor Association

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

Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

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

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

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

Life lines in Austin

A Cry for Help from Teen Boys in Austin is Answered

The 74 Interview

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

Young Advocates Take the Lead to Curb Campus Suicide

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

adolescent depression

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

American Psychological Association

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

Using Medicaid to Fund More Mental Health Supports for Schools

3 COVID Learning Success Case Studies

Marianna McMurdock

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

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

Student ‘Mental Health Days’ Catching On In More States

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'

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

education leadership

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

Marianna McMurdock

February 20, 2022

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

Eleanor Klibanoff

February 2, 2022

community college

Community Colleges Face Mounting Mental Health Challenges

Alli Lindenberg

January 28, 2022

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

Veronica Sierra

January 24, 2022

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

January 14, 2022

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

January 11, 2022

Educators' Mental Health Tied to Classroom Effectiveness

January 5, 2022

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

Asher Lehrer-Small

December 22, 2021

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

December 21, 2021

Four States Increase Access to Youth Mental Health Care

Marianna McMurdock

November 23, 2021

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

October 25, 2021

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

Marianna McMurdock

September 7, 2021

Iowa Schools Move to Shore Up Student Mental Health Services

Leah McBride Mensching

September 4, 2021

college retention

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

Marianna McMurdock

August 26, 2021

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

Conor P. Williams

August 24, 2021

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

Marianna McMurdock

August 17, 2021

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

Marianna McMurdock

August 16, 2021

Reimagined Summer School in Tulsa Draws 11K Students

Asher Lehrer-Small

Mental Health Hubs Take on Second Pandemic

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

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

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

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

Asher Lehrer-Small

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

Kay O'Donnell & Mary Margaret Callahan

How Teachers Are Helping to Tackle Teen Depression During the Pandemic

Sam P. K. Collins

Study Backs Efforts to Focus on Preschoolers’ Mental Health

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