‘These Kids Are So Anxious and Depressed They Can’t Do Anything for Themselves’
Jodi Maurici is a seventh grade health teacher who works on Long Island in New York. She is worried about her students, many of whom have lost their independence and become less resilient as a result of the pandemic.
“These kids are so anxious and depressed they can’t do anything for themselves,” she says.
Unfortunately, her suburban public school has responded by providing even more help for the students, expanding an intervention program originally intended only for kids who did poorly on standardized tests.
That class had provided tutoring in math and English. But over the years, it morphed from academic assistance to more general hand-holding, says Maurici. And now, according to the school’s website, the class helps “students navigate these important developmental years with practical advice, powerful conversations, and insight into the connection between daily decisions and future outcomes.” – READ MORE
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