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After Uvalde, school mental health grants had bipartisan support. Now Trump is cutting them.
Schools will likely have to lay off social workers and counselors, and college programs designed to train mental health providers may shut down after the Trump administration decided it would stop funding grants created under a bipartisan law passed in response to mass school shootings.
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For Universities, Trump’s Clash with Columbia Looms Large
‘What we’re seeing at Columbia is not an isolated incident.’
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Trump’s Columbia Cuts Start Hitting Postdocs, Professors
But the full extent of the slashing is still unclear as neither the Trump administration nor Columbia has shared what grants and contracts were ended.
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How can schools ease student concerns about ICE?
Strategies to support student well-being can include investments in culture and mental health resources as uncertainty persists.
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Trump’s Deportation Plans Threaten Millions of Families. Who Is Protecting Them?
Nearly six million kids fear family separation as Donald Trump’s administration prepares for the largest deportation operation in American history.
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As the Administration Changes, Will Fear Keep Newcomer Students From Schools?
Even in the best of times, newcomer students face extra challenges.
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“We’re expected to be human shields”: Teachers are unprotected — and scared
After another school shooting, teachers express fear over the threat of violence in their classrooms.
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Op-ed: How the school system can support immigrant children
Among the most vulnerable students in New York City public schools are newly arrived immigrants.
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Some teachers feel silenced on racist mass shooting in Buffalo
In some states, new laws limit how educators can discuss race, ‘divisive concepts’ or current events. Experts worry about the effects of ignoring real-world events.
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Study explores school climate experiences of adolescent immigrants
Adolescents who have recently immigrated to the United States comprise a large, growing population that faces a variety of academic and social-emotional risk factors.
Columbia University News
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Our Students Are Struggling. Why Are We Pulling the Plug on Support?
TC's Prerna Arora and Kait Gould respond to federal cuts in this op-ed
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NYC Schools Must Better Support English Language Learners
In a new op-ed in Crains, TC’s Prerna Arora makes the case for adopting trauma-informed learning as part of helping the ‘most vulnerable students’
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How to Talk to Children About Gun Violence
Prerna Arora, assistant professor of school psychology at Teachers College at Columbia University, offers some advice.
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How to Talk to Kids About the Russia-Ukraine War
A conversation with Prerna Arora, Assistant Professor of School Psychology, and Cindy Huang, Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology
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Sustaining the Momentum: After the conference, an ongoing focus on decolonization
Now what? In the aftermath of last week’s huge “Decolonizing Psychology” conference, organizer Prerna Arora, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education, and doctoral students Kayla Parr and Olivia Khoo are mulling that question.
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Right topic, right time: 5,100 people have signed up for TC conference on Decolonizing Psychology
The "Decolonizing Psychology" conference had great speakers and was widely publicized, but the huge response reflected a topic that speaks to changes happening around the world.
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Granting Wishes
A new office at TC is helping faculty get funding and raising the College’s profile as a research powerhouse
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Nearly a Year In, Taking Stock of Students’ Mental Health
A TC roundtable weighs the fallout of remote schooling – and some upsides
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Prompting School Psychology to Look Within: Prerna Arora challenges her field to confront its own biases in serving immigrant youth
Kids in immigrant families in the United States are often bullied, discriminated against and haunted by fear of deportation.
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Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring: COVID’s Psychological Fallout in Schools
For many students and educators, the pandemic’s uncertainty is exacting a greater toll than the virus itself
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Helping students deal with lack of structure
TC school psychology graduates on the ground
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The other stressor: Violence against people of color
Why pandemic times have been harder for Black students and those from other minority groups
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A Conversation with Dr. Prerna Arora
From Roots to Research