Category: Mental Health
With Teens Comfortable Confiding in AI, Should Schools Embrace It for Mental Health Care?
The alert came around 7 p.m. Brittani Phillips checked her phone. A middle school counselor in Putnam County, Florida, Phillips […]
March 3, 2026
The support paradox is a poverty problem
The university mental health infrastructure has never been bigger, and students have never been less aware of it. The University […]
February 25, 2026
Why are universities missing from the duty of candour?
Student deaths by suicide keep raising difficult questions about how universities respond when tragedy occurs. For bereaved families, the period […]
February 19, 2026
Lawsuits Test New Legal Theories About What Causes Social Media Addiction
A high-stakes trial sparked by a California woman who first logged onto social media at age 10. Another lawsuit in […]
February 18, 2026
Uni staff report high mental health risk – Campus Review
A new Adelaide University report that ranks universities on psychological safety has found all institutions foster working environments that pose […]
February 16, 2026
Digital Girlhood: Study Explores Why Girls as Young as 5 Feel the Need to Be Online
For Gen Alpha, social girlhood no longer takes place only in school or on the playground. It plays out online, […]
February 3, 2026
A statutory duty of care won’t fix student safeguarding. Implementation will
Calls for a new statutory duty of care for universities are politically understandable. But they misdiagnose the problem. Higher education […]
January 29, 2026
Will School Cellphone Bans Morph Into Wider Screen Time Regulations for Kids?
What started off more than five years ago as one-off bans in individual classrooms grew into statewide efforts to curb […]
January 28, 2026
I Saw Educator Burnout Up Close — and Built a Culture of Care Instead
The first time I realized I was running on empty wasn’t during a crisis; it was during a staff meeting. […]
January 21, 2026
Fresno Unified’s $30 million investment to support students is paying off
Fort Miller Middle School students in Fresno Unified play a game of basketball during the school’s new lunchtime sports program. […]
January 20, 2026
Looking out for ICE, California parents, teachers help students get to school
Demonstrators picket in solidarity against ICE outside of Hoover Elementary School in Oakland on Nov. 19, 2025. Credit: Jessica Christian […]
January 16, 2026
How Teaching Saved My Life
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. Teaching is many things. […]
January 7, 2026
California scores poorly in children’s health and education, report card finds
Credit: Alison Yin / EdSource California is failing to meet its promises to children — especially in students’ well-being and […]
January 7, 2026
California schools inch closer to rescuing mental health funds slashed by Trump
Credit: Alison Yin / EdSource Top Takeaways A multi-state lawsuit alleged that the administration’s sweeping cancellation of mental health grants […]
December 9, 2025
Why I Stopped Believing Every Child Belongs in Every Classroom
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. One of my students […]
November 19, 2025
Northern California school district sues U.S. Department of Education over slashed mental health grants
Top Takeaways The McKinleyville Union School District sued after Trump administration officials revoked funds for school counselors, social workers and […]
October 24, 2025
More young people in California struggling with anxiety, stress and social media, study finds
Top Takeaways More California youth report poor mental health compared to 2023. Top stressors include housing affordability, gun violence, climate […]
October 15, 2025
What Trump’s budget and tax law means for California students
Top Takeaways Cuts to social safety net programs for the United States’ poorest will partly offset the $4.5 trillion in […]
July 8, 2025
How to help kids cope with ongoing ICE raids, deportations | Quick Guide
Top Takeaways Families should have truthful conversations with children to help process feelings related to ongoing immigration raids. Students who […]
June 25, 2025
Wellness coaches take on youth mental health problem in rural California
Top Takeaways Students in rural areas fare much worse than those in urban areas in mental well-being because of poverty […]
May 7, 2025