npr:
“Grief is a fact of life in our nation’s schools; 7 out of 10 teachers have a student currently in their classroom who is grieving, according to research by the New York Life Foundation and the American Federation of Teachers.
“Virtually all...

npr:

Grief is a fact of life in our nation’s schools; 7 out of 10 teachers have a student currently in their classroom who is grieving, according to research by the New York Life Foundation and the American Federation of Teachers.

“Virtually all children will go through it — but that doesn’t mean it’s a normalizing experience,” says Dr. David Schonfeld, an expert on student grief and a driving force behind the new website GrievingStudents.org. “Even though it’s common, it warrants our attention.”

Grief In The Classroom: ‘Saying Nothing Says A Lot’

Illustration credit: LA Johnson/NPR

Nice piece about an initiative that we have a partnership with.

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