Mental health and trauma

The Martin Luther King Bridge, top, and Eads Bridge, bottom, connect East St. Louis with downtown St. Louis. Little of the economic boom that has transformed St. Louis has made it across the river.

Will turning schools into hubs for services help revive dying cities?

In East St. Louis, the school district is helping parents get back on their feet

Race and Equity

by  Emmanuel Felton  – June 26, 2018

Jennifer Townsend reads to two of her children before a parenting class in the Leland Medical Clinic’s parent center.

Her daughter was suicidal, but this mother was told the soonest she could get help was in six months

Rural children often go without critical mental health treatment

Mississippi

by  Jackie Mader  – June 24, 2018

Nurse Polita Williams weighs 8-month-old Jamir during a home visit.

This program is proven to help moms and babies—so why aren’t we investing in it more?

How home-visiting could improve outcomes for at-risk children

Early Education

by  Jackie Mader  – May 3, 2018

High School Reform

Experts often urge educators to catch struggling students "before it's too late," but high schools are charged with educating all students, regardless of their past. The Hechinger Report is spending two years exploring high schools successful with diverse groups or trying innovative approaches.
New housing is popping up near Vaux high school, one piece of a $500 million redevelopment project in blighted North Philadelphia.

Can a school save a neighborhood?

Philadelphia’s housing authority bought a high school. It hopes the institution can help reverse the fortunes of one of the city’s poorest areas.

Divided We Learn

by  Kia Gregory  – May 2, 2018

OPINION: We must stop the criminalization of mental illness in schools

‘Our society is failing to effectively address the tremendous need for mental health supports for our children, my son included’

High School Reform

by  Esther Calzada  – March 22, 2018

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 19: Washington, D.C., area students and supporters protest against gun violence with a lie-in outside of the White House on Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, after 17 people were killed in a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last week.

COLUMN: Marjory Stoneman Douglas students give legislators a civics lesson

By engaging in civil disobedience to create change, they are schooling the rest of us

Andre Perry

by  Andre Perry  – February 20, 2018

Gang graffiti on a fence in suburban Long Island.

Trump’s solution for the MS-13 gang will only make it stronger

Police and educators have begged for help for schools, not more immigration crackdowns

Immigration

by  Sarah Garland  – January 31, 2018

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Schools in rural Appalachia struggle to provide counseling services to students, and the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative has sought to fill the gap with an online resource.

Rural schools find an online resource to fill gaps in mental health services for students

Fewer behavioral problems in class and fewer mental health referrals to outside agencies after using the program

Future of Learning

by  Tara García Mathewson  – January 31, 2018

Students in Mount View High School teacher Amber Shirley’s math class work on an assignment.

Can putting the least-experienced teachers in the highest-risk schools ever result in success?

A district seeks teachers who will put down roots and stay

Rural Education

by  Peggy Barmore  – December 25, 2017

A little girl’s school helps her deal with trauma at home

At home, schizophrenia, addiction and violence. At school, grown-ups who care

New Orleans

by  Sukjong Hong  – October 31, 2017

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