Student Well-Being

Commentary

Cellphone bans don't solve the real problem -- addictive social media

October 14, 2024

Habit-forming games and apps should be prohibited or reined in before we ban devices that are actually pretty useful tools.

Oliver Sicat

Commentary

Let’s stop tinkering and really change how schools address mental health

October 7, 2024

Schools must move away from offering mental health services only as a child's problems arise, and shift to a systemwide focus on the whole child.

Howard Adelman and Linda Taylor

Commentary

AI can free up time for principals to engage with staff and students

September 30, 2024

AI holds the potential to revolutionize school leadership by alleviating the administrative burden on principals.

Kari Adams

Q&A: How new wellness coaches expand mental health support in California schools

September 27, 2024

Certified wellness coaches work under a care team of licensed clinicians and professionals in pre-K, K-12 and post-secondary school settings to provide mental health support to students and improve academic performance and attendance – key metrics in student success that have plummeted since the onset of the pandemic.

Vani Sanganeria

Can more freedom and less parental hovering help kids thrive?

September 26, 2024

When Lenore Skenazy let her nine-year-old son ride the subway alone in New York, she was labeled "America's Worst Mom." She says schools and parents need to give kids more free play and independence.

Zaidee Stavely

Commentary

My anxiety as a teacher rises with every school shooting

September 25, 2024

It is personal and desperately frustrating to grapple with school shootings time and again.

Emily Garrison

Commentary

Following your roots, faith and a special diet in college

September 24, 2024

It's not always for college students to follow the special dietary laws and customs of their religion. Some campuses work more closely with those students than others.

Riya Parekh

California acts to protect children from 'addictive' social media

September 23, 2024

The bill, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, is part of a wider effort to restrict the impact of digital technology on kids.

Louis Freedberg

Free-range parenting: A chat with Lenore Skenazy

September 23, 2024

Cultivating a sense of independence, some experts say, is the key to developing happy, well-adjusted children who are less prone to anxiety.

Karen D'Souza

Mental health is key to getting students back in class

September 19, 2024

University of Southern California researchers found that students who are chronically absent from school are much more likely to struggle with mental health challenges.

Zaidee Stavely

Looming end of historic student homelessness funding has arrived

September 19, 2024

Liaisons tasked with supporting students experiencing homelessness are in the middle of a fiscal cliff with no relief in sight.

Betty Márquez Rosales

Pandemic recovery in schools will be a ‘long slog,’ says sobering national report

September 17, 2024

Fears that pre-existing opportunity gaps would widen in the wake of Covid-19 have come to fruition, the report states.

Emma Gallegos

Commentary

A chance to protect California high school students' health: Free condom distribution

September 12, 2024

The YHES Act would expand access to condoms by requiring public and charter high schools to make free condoms readily available to students to help prevent the spread of disease.

Sergio J. Morales

Music education sets up low-income youth for success

September 12, 2024

A staggering 97% of music students with Harmony Project graduate high school, and close to 80% go on to college. What's the secret?

Zaidee Stavely

Commentary

How schools can go the extra mile to reduce absenteeism

September 11, 2024

Positive interactions between schools and their families have a strong influence on student attendance.

Maria Paredes