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Student Mental Health (7)

Female students with mobile devices

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Why Cyberbullying Affects Girls More Than Boys

Cyberbullying can be more insidious than physical bullying because it follows kids home. With around-the-clock access to the virtual environment,...

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Computer with digital code

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Are Your Children in Digital Distress?

As 2021 draws to a close and I emerge from another exhausting day of seeing teenage clients in the office, I reflect on the successes and failures of...

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Mental health matters

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Surgeon General Issues Public Health Advisory: 6,600+ Youth Died by Suicide in 2020

Back in October, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), and the Children’s Hospital...

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Resilience: The Key to Thriving, Not Just Surviving

Resilience. If there’s one inner quality that I could gift to a friend or loved one, it would be this. Because regardless of your background, your...

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Group of students harassing another student

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Harassment: What Is Gaggle Seeing?

At the close of the 2019–20 school year, we reported a decrease in incidents flagged for harassment during the early days of the pandemic. The data...

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Student passing pills to another student

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Drugs & Alcohol: What Is Gaggle Seeing?

Students across all grade levels referenced drugs and alcohol at increasing rates during the 2020–21 school year. Overall, Gaggle revealed a 134%...

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Upset student on mobile device with peers

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Nudity & Sexual Content: What Is Gaggle Seeing?

During the 2020–21 school year, our data revealed more than 60,000 incidents flagged for nudity or sexual content—a 151% increase from the previous...

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Young girl hunched over alone

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National State of Emergency Declared for Children’s Mental Health

On October 19, 2021, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), and the Children’s...

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Students fighting in hallway

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Violence Toward Others: What Is Gaggle Seeing?

Last school year, Gaggle flagged more than 360,000 student safety incidents requiring district attention to help ensure student safety and...

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Student with device

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Suicide & Self-Harm: What Is Gaggle Seeing?

Here at Gaggle, our mission is to ensure the safety and well-being of students and schools by leveraging people and technology. If our technology...

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