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We Have No Idea What This Year Has Been Like for Our Kids
By Sonya Heisters Deputy Director, YouthTruth One year ago, my now-kindergartener left his bustling and diverse transitional kindergarten classroom with sensory learning areas designed for academic and...
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Students crushed by stress, depression are back in class. Here’s how schools...
By Alia Wong, Education Enterprise Reporter, USA Today A youth mental health crisis was percolating for years. Rates of anxiety and depression had been on the rise. In 2017, suicide became the second...
View ArticleLearning from Student Perspectives – CASEL & YouthTruth
On April 23, 2021 YouthTruth joined CASEL to share findings from student voice surveys take before and during the pandemic, as well as discussing how this data is informing efforts in school...
View ArticleFunding available but time is running out
Did you know that CARES act funding, as well as other federal and state-specific funds, can cover the cost of YouthTruth’s student, family, and/or staff surveys and follow-up professional development?...
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Leading Through Listening: Student & Community Voices in Sonoma County
In January 2021, YouthTruth administered surveys across 56 schools from 10 Sonoma County school districts. The effort resulted in hearing from nearly 30,000 student, parent and guardian, and school...
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Listening to API & Other Youth to Learn Through a Pandemic
On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 YouthTruth joined the Grantmakers for Thriving Youth webinar “AAPI Youth on Safety, Belonging, and Thriving” to present new insights into the experiences of Asian Youth from...
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YouthTruth hosts national webinar of Students Weigh In, Part III Findings
On Friday, August 13th, YouthTruth hosted a national discussion of the findings from the third and final Students Weigh In report. Over 200 education, nonprofit, and philanthropic leaders RSVP’d to...
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What We Loved About 2021
Dear Friend, As we start this new year, we are both humbled and inspired to be working alongside our partners to elevate student and stakeholder voice across the country. Amidst the acute challenges...
View ArticleYouthTruth launches new report, Spotlight on Belonging & Peer Collaboration
As you may know, YouthTruth has been studying how students’ experiences of school and learning have been changing throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Our most recent report analyzed student survey data...
View ArticleYouthTruth launches new report: Students Weigh In, Part 4
Fall 2021 marked a wholly unusual back-to-school season. As America’s youth packed up their Chromebooks and returned to in-person schooling, we invited students from districts across the country to...
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