The return of students and teachers to classrooms is highlighting the extraordinary impact the pandemic has had — and continues to have — on students’ mental health. Anxiety about making friends, the loss of loved ones who passed, and difficulties with basic behavioral skills are a few examples of social and emotional pressures. If left unmet, the mental health needs caused by these pressures will mark this generation in yet another way and keep them from living up to their potential.

Parents & Caregivers
Raising Future Leaders Through Social and Emotional Learning
By Jessica Pedder “Are people born with innate leadership skills?” As with most things, the answer is complicated: nature and nurture both play a role