Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.
U.S. Senator Jon Tester is taking action to increase mental health care resources at Montana’s public schools. …
Following a study of Great Falls Public School students that found 25 percent of high school students seriously considered committing suicide, Tester is pushing his colleagues in the Senate to fully fund the U.S. Department of Education’s Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants to boost access to school-based counseling and mental health care services. …