In a year that’s bringing a lot of stress, this tool is no cure-all, but it can help teachers keep their emotions in check.

With recognition of the benefits of mental health breaks on the rise, experts recommend helping students learn to cope with stress — not avoid it.

Educators’ well-being impacts students’ well-being and learning, so it’s imperative that school leaders find ways to make teachers’ workload more manageable.

Assessments can trigger negative thoughts and feelings, especially when students’ disabilities are related to anxiety—here’s how to help students address testing anxiety in a healthy way.

School leaders should refrain from relying on self-care approaches, such as yoga and meditation, to support teachers who are exhausted and stressed out, according to Sean Slade, co-head of education, North America, for the nonprofit BTS Spark.  

Sysselsättningen bland unga vuxna minskar. Nu har forskare kopplat tidiga psykiska problem till utanförskap. Större insatser i utbildningen kan vara lösningen.

Tonåringar som upplever psykiska problem i högstadiet löper större risk att varken vara få jobb eller skaffa sig utbildning som unga vuxna, visar en ny svensk studie.

The findings of this study suggest that concern, worry, and stress related to school violence or shootings may be risk factors for internalizing problems among adolescents, with variation in the strength of the association by race/ethnicity. (pdf)

Concerns about gun violence at their schools or other places they go has put high school students at increased risk for anxiety and other mental health conditions, a study published by JAMA Network Open found.

Last year, schools ramped up social-emotional learning (SEL) to help students cope with the trauma of the pandemic and the nation’s racial reckoning. Now, many educators, buoyed by evidence of SEL’s value and parent surveys endorsing the emphasis on well-being in the classroom, say they are committed to SEL this year and beyond.

Lektioner i positiv psykologi får elever att må bättre. Det visar ny forskning. "Hos oss i Finland är barnens välbefinnande tydligt inskrivet i läroplanen", säger Åse Fagerlund, barnpsykolog och doktor i neuropsykologi.

As a teacher, you also need to be thinking about possible issues with students’ eyesight. Two recent studies from different parts of the world explore the topic of vision screening in schools.