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Schools across the U.S. are dealing with many challenges. Washington Post via Getty Images

August 2, 2022

5 of the biggest threats today’s K-12 students and educators face don’t involve guns

Three years observing in a public school has given one scholar a close-up look at the sweeping challenges in public education.

January 20, 2022

Schools can expect a year of disruption. Here are 7 ways they can help support the well-being of students and staff

Elizabeth J Edwards, The University of Queensland and Marilyn Campbell, Queensland University of Technology

We investigated the initiatives schools around the world took to help support and maintain the well-being of their students and staff. We pulled out seven things that made a difference.

The choice about whether or not to disclose a mental health condition to colleagues or managers, or to share a personal mental illness story with students, includes a number of complex factors. (Shutterstock)

January 18, 2022

Should university instructors disclose mental health conditions? It’s complicated

Jenn Bergen, University of Saskatchewan; Ana Carolina de Barros, University of Saskatchewan; Jan M Gelech, University of Saskatchewan; Shannon Forrester, University of Saskatchewan; Simonne Horwitz, University of Saskatchewan, and Vicki Squires, University of Saskatchewan

The pandemic has introduced a new context for university instructors navigating boundaries and responsibilities around their students’ and their own well-being and mental health.

Choose an activity you like, and then do that activity for as many consecutive days as you can. (Shutterstock)

January 11, 2022

Commit to a ‘wellness streak’ to help manage work stressors

Astrid H. Kendrick, University of Calgary

Workplaces, in addition to providing critical organizational resources, can encourage employees to undertake a voluntary workplace well-being streak, or employees can commit to their own.

Students watch as a teacher participates in a solidarity march with colleagues to raise awareness about COVID-19 cases at École Woodward Hill Elementary School, in Surrey, B.C., Feb. 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

March 15, 2021

Provinces should act fast to avert a teacher shortage now and after COVID-19

Nathalie Reid, University of Regina and Jerome Cranston, University of Regina

Provinces have struggled to mitigate the COVID-19 health concerns of full-time and substitute teachers. The need for substitutes has increased, but fewer are available.

February 28, 2021

Teachers are expected to put on a brave face and ignore their emotions. We need to talk about it

Saul Karnovsky, Curtin University

Teachers’ professional lives can be highly demanding, pressured, stressful and at times, emotionally exhausting. But there’s an unspoken demand they suppress their emotions and just get on with it.

May 10, 2020

40% of Australian principals are victims of physical violence

Theresa Dicke, Australian Catholic University; Geetanjali Basarkod, Australian Catholic University; Herb Marsh, Australian Catholic University; Jiesi Guo, Australian Catholic University; Philip D Parker, Australian Catholic University, and Philip Riley, Deakin University

A yearly survey on principals’ well-being that has been conducted since 2011 has found they continue to experience threats, bullying and harassment.

July 26, 2019

Learning to teach mindfulness to children can help teachers reduce their own stress

Charlotte Todd, Swansea University; Helen Davies, Swansea University, and Sinead Brophy, Swansea University

Teachers are increasingly being encouraged to take mindfulness courses so that they can begin teaching it to pupils.

Nearly one-fifth of the teachers we surveyed had symptoms of depression. Photo by Ben White on Unsplash

June 6, 2019

Teachers are more depressed and anxious than the average Australian

Peta Stapleton, Bond University

Over half of Australian teachers suffer from anxiety and nearly one-fifth are depressed.

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