Elizabeth Janca is a licensed professional counselor for children and young adults. She is also a reporting specialist on the Possip reporting team. In this blog, she shares five...
Shani Dowell, Possip founder, shares her perspective on bridging the empathy gap in children. Surprising to even ourselves, this pandemic year has brought a lot of joys to our family. ...
Malene Dixon LPC-S is the Senior Counselor & Student Leadership Advisor at KIPP Sunnyside, a Possip partner high school located in Houston, TX. Malene intentionally cares for student mental...
Honoring Black History Month is especially poignant for me. As a Black woman, I am aware that Black history, with its strong foundation of firsts by many people, is...
Recently our colleagues at The New Teacher Project shared this report - Rising Together. The report looked at how 4 districts are building community during the pandemic. Community comes...
For most people, 2020 has not been a year that sparks positivity. The past twenty years of my life at Thanksgiving, each family member shares a few things we...
It’s no secret that the global health pandemic is taking its toll on students. An American Academy of Pediatrics study recently found that one in seven children have exhibited signs of...
During this time, I feel like I’ve lost all control. Things that were constant sources of certainty have been turned upside down. And the realization that we will never...
As I sit here writing this, we still don't know the outcome of the Presidential election. And in all likelihood, it might be a few days before there is...
As we listen to students, parents, school leaders, and teachers share some of their stressors, two things are constant in my mind. First, safety during COVID. Second, the presidential...
