Phyllis Fagell advises teachers and a principal who are dealing with their students’ and their own anxiety. A middle school math teacher is finding that more boys than girls in her class are risk-averse when it comes to math. A high school teacher has noticed that a lot of her students are getting sick and missing class when there’s a test. And a principal who’s made some hard calls and gotten blowback wonders if he’s in the right job.
