How Wisconsin educators are changing the way they teach to help kids' mental health

Today's students are experiencing historically high levels of anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation. Wisconsin teachers said they're seeing that in their classrooms with the new generation of students, sometimes referred to as "Gen C" for COVID-19.

2023-24 marks the third full school year since the return to in-person learning, but the effects of COVID isolation and grief have been corrosive, rooting themselves deeply in young people who, even before the pandemic, struggled with mental health. That damage continues to grow and ripple through the lives of students and the classroom.