The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Residents say the federal government has been slow to respond, and with so much rental housing destroyed , housing options are limited. In many ways, teachers are frontline mental health workers,” said Betty Lai, a psychology professor at Boston College who researches the mental health impacts of natural disasters on children.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

In the 10 years through 2016, college tuition and fees increased by 63 percent , or three times as much as all the other products and services measured by the government, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Tuition and fees rose less than 1 percent from September 2019 to July 2021, a period during which inflation was more than 7 percent.

Psychology 127

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Teaching Anthropology

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Secondly, syndemic health conditions adversely interact through various biological or psychological mechanisms or pathways. YouTube offers access to numerous video presentations on syndemics by invited government, academic, and organizational speakers. New York: Wiley, 2021. Why teach syndemics? 2 nd Edition. Abadia-Barrero.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Food insecurity was an issue for 23 percent of child care providers pre-pandemic, that percentage rose to an average of 29 percent between February and July 2021, according to the report. Until the government can help support the cost of child care, the system can’t pay for itself.”. That’s why many child care workers live in poverty.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

In an effort to help, federal and state governments are allocating hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding to cover everything from training more providers to running mental health awareness programs. surgeon general issued an advisory in December 2021 warning of a youth mental health crisis.

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Political Science Now

JANUARY 26, 2024

Online content moderators, reviewing harmful materials, risk psychological trauma. For example, of all British Armed Forces recruits in the 2021/2022 intake, 23% enlisted as minors compared to 6% and 3% in the United States and France respectively. In other work, he explores the implications of far-right parties in government.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2023

Credit: Vanessa Leroy for The Hechinger Report In 1986, the federal government mandated that states provide therapy for newborns and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities, but the program has been dogged by severe racial gaps in access and quality since its inception. Consider Washington D.C.:

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Now, new studies warn of the pandemic’s potentially “debilitating effects” on children’s psychological, developmental and educational progress as anxiety, depression and loneliness increased over the last year. Even before the pandemic, one in five children in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2023

Related: Why a team approach to teaching is taking hold And despite federal laws ensuring that employers treat mental health conditions just as they do physical health concerns , many state and local government workers, including teachers, have health plans that limit treatment or have strict preauthorization policies.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Credit: Marissa Leshnov for The Hechinger Report Much attention in the post-pandemic era has been on what students have lost – days of school, psychological health, knowledge and skills. We’ve seen partnering with the YMCA and with health groups for medical services and psychological evaluations.”

Psychology 144

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Anthropology 365

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

A 2021 study by scholars at University College London found that university students are more at risk of anxiety and depression than peers who do not attend. Cascading effects include changes in institutional governance, promotion expectations, time budgeting, and workload.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

On October 25, 2021, using his power as chair of the Texas House Committee on General Investigating, Krause sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency and to school districts listing some 850 books. I was beyond shocked that somebody from our state government was asking what books were available in our school libraries.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2024

In a city where child care can easily consume more than half of that, Funes was optimistic that she would qualify for a government-funded subsidy to help her afford the cost. The federal government requires that subsidies go to families that make no more than 85 percent of their states median income. The relief was short-lived.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

PEN America said in a statement that it has documented nearly 16,000 instances of book bans nationwide since 2021. That order led to most states introducing legislation that used similar language to restrict discussions and reading materials about race or sex in schools and other government-funded institutions.

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