This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Attending school on Zoom and quarantining from family and friends has children struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, but, surprisingly, having kids at home may help adults feel less distressed, researchers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the start of the school year last August, I spent several days visiting a first-grade classroom in Austin, Texas, to see how the coronavirus pandemic was impacting teaching and learning…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While districts brace for a loss of academic learning and wider equity gaps in the fall, the global pandemic is emerging as an opportunity to build social-emotional skills. “We’re seeing…
Our species is in a race with climate change, and a lot of people want to know, “Can I really make a difference?” The question concerns what’s known as agency.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Classes in Chicago were canceled for a third day on Jan. 7, 2022, amid a bitter standoff between the teachers union and public school leaders over in-person instruction during a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The researchers used self-reported data from a nationally representative sample of 697 pregnant veterans using Veterans Health Administration (VHA) maternity care benefits at 15 VHA medical centers between 2016 and 2020.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Stigma toward people with depression has dropped significantly for the first time since national data have been tracked in the United States, a new study shows. Stigma levels for other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Schools have long needed comprehensive mental health supports for students and staff. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, one in five children and adolescents experience a mental health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Teachers’ mental health is closely linked to how effective they feel in the classroom, a new study of New Orleans educators has found. Student learning loss was the top stressor…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before the pandemic, New Jersey resident and senior citizen, Susan Schwitzer did not know what Zoom was. Today, she is “Zooming” some days from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., participating…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is the process of developing students’ and adults’ knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors that they need to make successful choices. And it has been in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In April 2012, Chicago’s former mayor Rahm Emmanuel closed half of the city’s 12 public mental health centers. The closures affected mostly Black and lower-income locals, who were no strangers to…