Mental Health
Education news, analysis, and opinion about the psychological and emotional well-being of staff and students
Data: Does Your State Have Enough School Psychologists and Counselors?
Education Week examined ratios of school psychologists and counselors to students across the country.
Student Well-Being
How Principals Can Help Support Students Through a Mental Health Crisis
Principals know the challenges—and can help with solutions.
Student Well-Being
Chaplains Could Work as School Counselors Under Bill Passed in Texas
Critics see the measure as a continuation of the erosion of the concept of separating church from state.
Special Education
Video
I Have Dyslexia. How Teachers Can Support Students Like Me
These adults with dyslexia have advice for educators working with students like them.
Student Well-Being
The U.S. Surgeon General's Warning About Social Media and What It Means for Schools
Schools have been ringing alarm bells over social media and kids' mental health. Now their cause is getting a major boost.
Teaching Profession
Dear Administrators: Here Are 7 Things Teachers Want You to Know
Teachers offer unvarnished advice about how administrators can make them feel heard and respected.
Student Well-Being
Teachers Say Improving Students’ Mental Well-Being Begins at Home
Schools are trying a smorgasbord of approaches to address students' deteriorating mental health. Where do parents fit into this equation?
Student Well-Being
2 District Leaders Transformed School Mental Health Services. They Share How They Did It
Andria Amador, of Boston, and Nate Thompson, of Littleton, Colo., discuss successful responses to the student mental health crisis.
Teaching Profession
Teachers Are Stressed and Disrespected, But Happier Than Last Year: 7 Takeaways From New Poll
Here's what you need to know from a national survey of teachers' attitudes about the profession and the challenges they're facing.
Student Well-Being
Schools Can Help Students With End-of-the-Year Stress. Here Are 4 Strategies
The end of the school year is generally a time to celebrate, but it can also bring anxiety that schools can proactively tackle.
Student Well-Being
A Medicaid Change Could Make It Easier for Schools to Pay for Special Ed. Services
A rule change from The U.S. Department of Education would eliminate a step that often complicates schools' efforts to bill Medicaid.
Student Well-Being
What the Research Says
CDC: Teens' Mental Health Showing Small Signs of Improving
But for girls in particular, rates of mental health emergencies still top pre-pandemic levels
Student Well-Being
New Grants Could Fund 14K School Mental Health Workers. Will It Be Enough?
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded nearly $300 million to expand the school mental health worker pipeline.
Teaching Profession
From Our Research Center
Is Teacher Morale on the Rise? Results of the Second Annual Merrimack College Teacher Survey
Teacher morale appears to be on the rise, according to the second annual Merrimack College Teacher Survey of the nation's K-12 educators.
Student Well-Being
From Our Research Center
What It's Like Teaching Through a Youth Mental Health Crisis
Teachers are broadly concerned about their students' mental health—and don't always have the knowledge or support to help.