‘Our kids need support’: Michigan teacher fights for mental health funding and resources in local schools

‘Our kids need support’: Michigan teacher fights for mental health funding and resources in local schools

Michigan teachers already know about increasing rates of anxiety and depression among today’s teens—they see it firsthand in their classrooms every day.  “Our kids really do need support,” said Kelsey Wiley, a public high school English teacher in Metro Detroit, adding that she’s noticed an uptick in the number of students approaching her to talk about their mental health struggles this year. “I’m an English teacher. I’m not a licensed social wo…