EdSource: Most Students Feel Unsafe on School Buses, but Many Feel Secure in Classrooms
A new study released by YouthTruth indicates that nearly 80% of elementary students and 75% of middle and high school students do not feel safe…
Emotional & Mental Health
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School Safety, Security, & Emergency Preparedness: Understanding and Acting on How Students Experience Safety
A sense of safety and security is foundational to students’ learning, belonging, and healthy development. Yet creating and maintaining schools where students feel truly safe is a complex and ever-shifting challenge, spanning protection from violence and bullying to emotional wellbeing, and disaster preparedness. At a time when investments in school safety are growing and security products are expanding, this report offers a reminder that safety cannot simply be purchased—it requires a deep understanding of, and investment in, the daily work of tending to a healthy school culture.
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Students Weigh In, Part IV: Learning & Well-Being After Covid-19
What did students have to say about their learning, sense of belonging, mental health, and support from adults during the 2022-23 school year? How did these elements of social, emotional, and academic development change over the course of the pandemic? And how did experiences in 2022-23 differ across student demographic groups?
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The Student Experience Amidst COVID
In response to a lack of firsthand data about how students were faring during the COVID-19 pandemic, YouthTruth launched the Students Weigh In project.
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The State of Student Mental Health
The findings in our Emotional and Mental Health report were published across the country.
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Insights From the Student Experience, Part I: Emotional & Mental Health
Listening to youth is essential to effectively addressing the youth mental health crisis that is setting off alarms across America. This report provides insights into students’ perceptions of happiness, suicide, bullying, counseling programs, and why – or why not – students are able to access help at school.
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Students Weigh In, Part III: Learning & Well-Being During Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended significant aspects of education in the United States. This report aims to help adults lead with compassion and curiosity about how the pandemic has affected students within K–12 education and answer the following questions: What do students have to say about learning and well-being in spring 2021, and what recommendations do students have about what to prioritize in the upcoming academic year?
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Students Weigh In, Part II: Learning & Well-Being During Covid-19
In the spring of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic required nearly all of the more than 55 million K-12 students in the U.S. to stop doing school in the way they had been taught, and engage in learning remotely instead. In response to a stark lack of firsthand data about how the pandemic and school closures were affecting students’ lived experiences this report — the second in a three-part series — explores what students have to say about learning and well-being during COVID-19.
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Students Weigh In, Part I: Learning & Well-Being During Covid-19
Education in the United States, as across the globe, changed dramatically when Covid forced schools across the country to close in spring 2020 and over…
