New York is considering giving public school students mental health days. The goal is to help students cope with increasing pressue on academics while dealing with anxiety over broader issues like school safety, climate change and mass shootings. Two states are already doing it. We'll discuss the idea with guests:
- Brad Hoylman, New York state senator, D- Manhattan
- Judy Falaro, assistant teaching professor of education, Quinnipiac University
- Michael Alfano, Ph.D., dean, Isabelle Farrington College of Education, Sacred Heart University
- David Gamberg, superintendent, Southold and Greenport School Districts
- Christopher Clouet, Ed.D., superintendent, Shelton Public Schools
- Patrice McCarthy, deputy director and general counsel, Connecticut Association of Boards of Education