One group of college students, athletes, routinely get more access to mental health services as an effort to care for the whole athlete. This care is gaining traction, but it is fair to other students?
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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, college counseling services were reporting an uptick in the number of students with serious mental health conditions. A new documentary focuses on colleges’ responses to a perceived mental health crisis among students and asks: What is a college’s responsibility for helping students navigate mental health challenges?
Read MoreSchool districts are hiring companies to monitor students online, aiming to flag those struggling with mental health issues and harmful behavior. But it's raising privacy and data collection concerns.
As schools in Minnesota and around the country prepare to open in a few weeks — whether in-person, hybrid or remotely — teachers and school officials aren’t just scrambling to figure out how to keep students learning. They’re trying to figure out how to help students handle their mental health.
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The Humankind program is called “Whole Teachers — Whole Students.” You’ll hear from educators and students at a middle school in San Francisco, and a college in Virginia.
Read MoreJames Densley, a special education teacher, and Rick Kaufman, executive director of community relations and emergency management for Bloomington Public Schools, join Angela Davis to talk about potential safeguards schools can put in place to help prevent gun violence.
Read MoreMental health care in schools, mental health grants for children and adults, and eliminating the use of solitary confinement for people with mental illness are among the bills mental health advocates are pushing in the Legislature this session.
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