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Health and wellness

Superintendents are stressed out. Here is the No. 1 reason

Matt Zalaznick -
Turnover has risen from around 14% to 17% since the beginning of the pandemic and neither test scores nor safety appear to be among the top five reasons for K12 leaders' growing anxiety.

Latest PTA survey reveals how parents are feeling after the 2022-23 school year

Matt Zalaznick -
In an era when the phrase "parents' rights" blurs many K12 lines, superintendents and their teams can gather insights from the National PTA's polling of the less vocal majority.

Your students’ parents may have conflicting views on K12 LGBTQ policies

Matt Zalaznick -
When it comes to K12 LGBTQ policies in schools, parents and other adults prefer classroom discussions about the LGBTQ community to using students' preferred pronouns.

Superintendents should know the 4 reasons students give school a B-

Matt Zalaznick -
Older students give their schools high marks for safety and respecting individual differences but the overall grade falls to a B- where several other aspects of education are concerned.

Coalition of principals to Congress: ‘Here’s how to help prevent school shootings’

Matt Zalaznick -
The Principal Recovery Network of building leaders who have experienced school shootings is pressing for several billion dollars worth of mental health and safety support for staff and students.

Surgeon General: Social media needs a warning label, a key driver of depression

Micah Ward -
"I do think it would be appropriate... if Congress is willing to provide the legislative or regulatory authority to put that label on, then I'd certainly be willing to partner," he said during a Senate Health, Labor and Pensions Panel on Thursday.

These 5 superintendents say time has come for social media ‘guardrails’

Matt Zalaznick -
Outside of education, policymakers and children's advocates are ready to putt age limits on social media use. Inside K12, educators are blaming social media for the worsening teen mental health crisis.

Examining working conditions in 5 states holds keys to teacher well-being

Matt Zalaznick -
Snapshots of working conditions in California, Florida, New York, Texas and Washington offer keys to how administrators can intervene to retain and recruit teachers during these most challenging of times for the K12 labor market.

4 warning signs that students are struggling with mental health. And 4 solutions.

Kevin Skinner -
What can parents and educators do to provide extra support? Perhaps the most critical thing we can do is ask children, rather than telling them or trying to guess what's wrong.

This is how many teachers would carry a gun to make their school safer

Matt Zalaznick -
Teachers remain divided over arming themselves at work, with more than half saying carrying a gun would make their school less safe, according to a new survey by the RAND Corporation.

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