Mind Shift

Inside a college counseling center struggling with the student mental health crisis 0
- Mind Shift
- May 12, 2022
[ad_1] Ben Locke, a psychologist who founded the Center for Collegiate Mental Health, sees this opening up of campus counseling to a much broader swath of students as an unintended consequence of widespread efforts to prevent suicide and destigmatize therapy. For the past two decades, colleges, aided by millions of dollars from the federal government
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Six ways schools improved P.E. to prioritize student interests and motivation 0
- Mind Shift
- May 10, 2022
[ad_1] Some schools have succeeded in making their PE programs popular and well-attended. At A.D. Henderson University School in Florida, the gym elective among middle schoolers is always full; though kids who play sports after school are allowed to skip it, 95 percent attend anyway. At the Girls Athletic Leadership Schools, charter programs for middle
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How Can High School Sports Better Serve Students?0
- Mind Shift
- May 2, 2022
[ad_1] Despite the growing body of evidence that shows how physical activity is essential for health, well-being and student engagement, high schools offer fewer opportunities for competition and play today than they did just a few years ago. The Aspen Institute’s Sports & Society Program recently released the findings of its years-long study on high
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The education culture war is raging. But for most parents, it’s background noise 0
- Mind Shift
- April 29, 2022
[ad_1] That’s true in the NPR/Ipsos poll as well. Parents named education as their top concern after inflation and crime/gun violence. However, 88% of respondents agree “my child’s teacher(s) have done the best they could, given the circumstances around the pandemic.” And 82% agree “my child’s school has handled the pandemic well.” Parents feel well-informed
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The pandemic erased a decade of public preschool gains 0
- Mind Shift
- April 27, 2022
[ad_1] “The pandemic wiped out a decade of progress increasing enrollment in state-funded preschool programs,” the report warns. Some states cut funding, but Congress plugged the gap States spent roughly $9 billionon pre-K during the 2020-2021 school year – an inflation-adjusted decrease of $254 million compared to the previous year and “the largest decline in
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How a school district is bringing mental health support directly to teachers where they work 0
- Mind Shift
- April 26, 2022
[ad_1] In late October, at the suggestion of a colleague, she reached out to Phoenix Union’s wellness specialists. One of them, Cailene Pisciotta, responded “super quickly” and the pair scheduled an appointment for the end of a school day. From the start of the school year through mid-March, Collins-Frazier and Pisciotta met with 208 teachers,
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Inside a college counseling center struggling with the student mental health crisis 0