With climate anxiety becoming increasingly prevalent among students, EDC’s Shai Fuxman and Chelsea Goddard offer educators advice, including listening to and validating teens’ emotions and weaving ideas for taking action into school subjects.
In an op-ed, EDC’s Jessica Bailey and Diana Wogan advocate for state policymaking to support financial literacy education in schools as levels of household debt continue to grow.
In an article examining how the opioid crisis impacts schools and young people, EDC’s Shai Fuxman explains how social and emotional learning can help students gain skills to cope with managing risky situations, including substance use.
An interview with Eden Badertscher is included in an on-air feature that spotlights EDC’s STEM-OPS project, the need to improve STEM opportunities for people who are incarcerated, and the recent STEM-OPS national conference.
Responding to a poll about the state of mental health in the U.S., EDC’s Sarah Brummett of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention discusses how the pandemic has shifted people’s willingness to discuss their mental health.
Investing in the lives of adolescent girls can help implement successful climate solutions, argues a new op-ed co-authored by Amy West and Sharon Iwachu (Global G.L.O.W. in Uganda).
With CDC data showing a rise in the suicide rate, EDC’s Sarah Brummett of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention discusses the factors behind why a person might attempt suicide as well as the dangers of firearms during a suicidal crisis.
EDC’s Shelley Pasnik is interviewed about the Molly of Denali research study. The study found young children’s exposure to informational text can provide low-cost, scalable, and equitable access to effective learning opportunities.
