Pamela Cantor, M.D. explores the differences between online transactions and relationships. Some kids have thousands of online connections, but they shouldn’t be confused for real friendships. In many cases they are hollow promises. Social media can make us feel more isolated despite being more 'connected' than ever.

Part of the 2023 Attendance Awareness Campaign, this webinar focuses on strategies for increasing attendance, engagement, and belonging by drawing on the assets available to schools and communities.

March 30, 2023

NPR's A. Martínez interviews Pamela Cantor, M.D. about a Pew report that finds U.S. parents' biggest concern is the mental health of their children.

What you think you know about adolescents might just be plain wrong.

So what is it about adolescents and the adolescent brain that has made them particularly vulnerable to pandemic stress. And what can we as teachers, parents, and caregivers do to support them?

What can the rest of us learn from Duncan-Andrade’s experience in building East Oakland’s Roses in Concrete school and apply to our own situations—as parents, educators, and community members—to rethink and reorient community education?

The goal of wellness might be simple, but Jeff Duncan-Andrade's remedy to reach it is not: A complete rethink and rebuild of public education, one built through something he calls “community responsiveness.”