362 School Counselors on the Pandemic’s Effect on Children: ‘Anxiety Is Filling Our Kids’ - The New York Times

In a Times survey, counselors said students are behind in their abilities to learn, cope and relate.

These are the words of school counselors across America: ‘Kids have the highest level of anxiety I’ve ever seen: anxiety about basic safety and fear of what could happen.’ Susan Julien, Fall River Elementary School, Longmont, Colo. ‘I’ve seen more physical fights this year than in my 15 years combined.’ Julie Fleming, Ida B. Wells High School, Portland, Ore. ‘The foundational skills for learning need to be retaught.’ Tierney Langdon, Grace Snell Middle School, Loganville, Ga. American schoolchildren’s learning loss in the pandemic isn’t just in reading and math . It’s also in social and emotio

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