School Counselors
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 & Movement
Opinion
4 Ways to Get Skeptics to Embrace Social-Emotional Learning
Schools no longer have a choice but to be responsible for the well-being of their students, writes opinion contributor Peter DeWitt.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Five Years After the Sandy Hook School Shootings, a Focus on Preventing Violence
The 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., stirred conversations about how to recognize threats, how to secure schools, and how to respond to the mental health needs of students.
Student Well-Being & Movement
An Effort to Stop Student Drug Use That Starts With a Simple Conversation at School
The final recommendations of the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis call for schools to adopt a screening method called SBIRT. How does it work?
Student Well-Being & Movement
Trump Urged to Declare State of Emergency Over Opioid Crisis
The White House Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis also plans to "explore evidence-based prevention programs for schools" before it issues its final recommendations later in the fall.
Special Education
Opinion
Learning Disabilities Exist, Just Not in Summer School
Special education accommodations and other supports for students in summer school are an overlooked necessity, writes teacher Adam Feinberg.
College & Workforce Readiness
States Beef Up School Counseling Corps
A handful of states are reinvesting in their thinning ranks of school counselors to get more students on the college path.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Schools With Police But No School Counselors: A Closer Look
An analysis by the White House Council of Economic Advisers takes a closer look at the 1.6 million students who are enrolled in schools that have on-site law enforcement but no school counselors.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Watch: Child Trauma Survivors Reunite With the Adults Who Made a Difference
An emotional video campaign illustrates the ways meaningful adult relationships can counter the effects of childhood trauma on the brain.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Resources for Discussing Police Violence, Race, and Racism With Students
How can teachers address two recent high-profile police shootings and the death of five Dallas police officers in the classroom? Here are some resources.
College & Workforce Readiness
Amid Rocky Start, College-Access Coalition Hires First Director
Seven months ago, an elite group of colleges and universities created a new application system intended to help disadvantaged students find their way to higher education. Now, the group has hired its first executive director.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Incarceration Affects Education, Panel Says as Ed. Dept. Releases New Resources
The discussion between students, parents, and U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr. came as the U.S. Department of Education announced grants and resources to help educators address the effects of incarceration on students, parents, and their families.
College & Workforce Readiness
Schools Turn to Digital Tools for Personalizing Career Searches
Many school districts are using digital platforms to help even younger students explore career possibilities and what it will take to achieve their professional goals.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Baltimore Schools Receive Federal Grant to Assist in Recovery From Unrest
The grant will help Baltimore City Schools students process tensions that surrounded the death of Freddie Gray, an unarmed man who died in police custody last year.
Equity & Diversity
For Some Immigrant Students, Culture Bears on College Choice
High-achieving students from immigrant families face a complex set of considerations in finding the right college.