Just over half of U.S. public schools offer mental health assessments for students; fewer offer treatment
While school-based mental health services have become more common in recent years, many K-12 schools lack such resources.
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While school-based mental health services have become more common in recent years, many K-12 schools lack such resources.
Among Americans who have heard about AI programs that can write news articles, 16% describe this as a major advance for the news media.
58% of those ages 18 to 29 have experienced high levels of psychological distress at least once between March 2020 and September 2022.
Today, 51% of U.S. adults say they support the Black Lives Matter movement – down from 67% in June 2020. A majority of Americans say the increased focus on race and racial inequality in the past three years hasn’t led to improvement for Black Americans.
Mental health concerns top the list of worries for parents, followed by concerns about their children being bullied. The vast majority of parents say being a parent is enjoyable and rewarding all or most of the time, but substantial shares also find it tiring and stressful.
U.S. adults and teens are more likely to support than oppose requiring parental consent for minors to create a social media account.
The Education Department is the main conduit for federal aid to public K-12 schools and a major lender to college students.
Mothers are more likely than fathers to be extremely or very worried about a school shooting, and concerns also vary by race and ethnicity.
Students who are gay, lesbian or bisexual, as well as girls, were especially likely to say their mental health has suffered in the past year.
Is it harder being a teen today? Or do they have it easier than those of past generations? We asked parents and teens who say being a teenager has gotten harder or easier to explain in their own words why they think so.
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