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Should mental health concerns be handled by schools?  Numerous statistics – and students themselves – point to the significant struggles…

Andrea Maldonado was diagnosed with Graves’ disease during her sophomore year of high school, which stopped her from swimming competitively…

Wesley Lynch was about 150 miles from Mount Holyoke College, and about eight credits away from earning a bachelor’s degree,…

One of the first things you notice when entering Yosemite Middle School’s Bear Cave, the campus’ social-emotional hub, are the…

Christina Cody has a tireless, we-can-make-it-work attitude. No matter the problem, she’s the kind of person who will offer up…

Alabama schools were just starting a new venture to help students find mental health resources when COVID hit. Mental health…

As schools and communities scramble to find more ways to support the well-being of youth amid a pandemic-fueled mental health…

Toyin Anderson is a mom looking for solutions to what she sees as a crisis of youth crying out for…

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other…

I am a dad of two teenage sons, the only ones in their respective grades without smartphones. Their images —…