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Since 2014, the proportion of the student population getting special education services has increased from 8.4% to 12.6% in 2023, according to Texas Education Agency data.
The government of Texas's initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the state consisted of a decentralized system that was mostly reliant on local policies. As the pandemic progressed in Texas and throughout the rest of the country, the Texas government closed down several businesses and parks, and it eventually imposed a statewide stay-at-home order in late May.
According to a study conducted by Active Minds, a nonprofit group dedicated to improving the mental health of students, in April 2020, 20% of college students said their mental health significantly worsened under COVID-19. Among both high school and college students, 38% said that they had trouble focusing and that doing work was stressful. [45]
On top of individual problems with healthcare in Texas there is a shortage of healthcare providers as a whole in the state. Of the 254 counties in Texas, 230 counties are experiencing a whole-county shortage of primary care physicians, 20 counties are experiencing a partial area-specific shortage of PCPs, and only 4 counties are experiencing no ...
The 2024 presidential election is weeks away, and healthcare is expected to be a key issue for voters as they head to the ballot box.. The overall cost of healthcare remains a major problem ...
According to the 2021 Cook Children’s Community Needs Assessment, one-in-three school-age children in Cook Children’s eight-county service area has been diagnosed with a mental health condition.
School closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have shed a light on numerous issues affecting access to education, as well as broader socio-economic issues. [27] As of 12 March, more than 370 million children and youth are not attending school because of temporary or indefinite country wide school closures mandated by governments in an ...
As of this school year, over 11% of our students have been identified as requiring special education services, a significant portion of these due to emotional disturbances as well as learning ...