Event: What our schools need next to support student mental health

Join Chalkbeat on June 8, 5-6:15 p.m. ET for the final event in our series on COVID and mental health.

An event promotional image with the title “COVID and mental Health: What our schools need next” against a peach gradient background.
Chalkbeat and College Track present students in dialogue with author and influencer, Blair Imani, followed by a mental health expert panel. (Illustration by Lauren Bryant / Chalkbeat)

This event was originally scheduled for June 1, and has been postponed to June 8.

Mental health is a topic that has threaded throughout Chalkbeat’s journalism with particular intensity since COVID started.

In response to this national need for more discussion around mental health, Chalkbeat and College Track will host student panelists from across the country in conversation with Blair Imani to share their experiences with mental health and wellness over the last two years, how they have felt during the pandemic, and what they need next.

Following the students, Chalkbeat managing editor Sarah Darville will moderate a panel of mental health experts to discuss how COVID has exacerbated many issues that existed in schools around mental health, and the solutions to address the effects of the added stress students and educators have endured over the last two years.

Join Chalkbeat and College Track for this important discussion with students and mental health experts. Please RSVP for this premiere so we’re able to provide streaming information. This event is free to attend, but any optional donations will go to support Chalkbeat’s nonprofit journalism and events like these.

This event is the final in a four-part national Chalkbeat series titled COVID and Mental Health, which seeks to amplify efforts to better support the wellness of students and school staff during this challenging comeback year.

The Latest

Board members agreed to vote on the matter earlier in the week, but at Thursday’s meeting decided that doing so would violate the board’s bylaws.

Superintendent Roger León said families should be able to see their children’s scores online around Oct. 7. The delay left Newark educators without benchmarks at the start of the school year.

Depaul USA celebrated the opening of a house that will give up to 15 students a place to stay.

AI may be starting to chip away at the college wage premium. A closer look at Nikole Hannah-Jones’ daughter’s elementary school. A small but important update to Sal Khan’s origin story.

There are 34 people running for seats on the Detroit Public Schools Community District board. Three of them are running for a partial two-year term.

Alan Ong, a state assembly aide, will lead NYC’s Panel for Educational Policy. The volunteer body votes on major policies and contracts.