Urban Assembly, a network of 21 schools, is working with the American Institutes of Research to develop an AI-powered tool that can help instructional coaches analyze videos of teachers delivering lessons and offer feedback, according to network leaders.

Working on Womanhood, a school-based mental health program, makes students feel "heard and understood."

In her every-other-week private counseling appointments with teenagers, Seattle-based therapist Emily Irwin will often ask "what's on your heart? What's on your brain?" "And they'll be like.... 'uh, I forget, I forget what happened,'" Irwin recounted.

"Wait and see" isn't an adequate response to the forces being unleashed but there's a pathway to progress that schools should explore.