The Manhattan Institute Fellow Carolyn Gorman has urged conservative education reformers to focus on tackling school-based mental health programs, which have not only contributed to falling outcomes and cost taxpayers a significant amount. These programs have been introduced since the early 20th century by progressive reformers, who encouraged schools to promote mental health, train teachers to recognize signs of distress, and locate health clinics in schools. Over $130 billion in federal and state funding has been allocated to school mental health in the past decade alone alone, with Medicaid paying $4 to 6 billion annually for school districts to provide physical, mental, and behavioral health services. However, school-related mental health awareness training, mental health screening, universal prevention programs, and even school health centers have not improved outcomes relative to the absence of these services. The author argues that schools are not meant to provide mental health services but to educate students. The best way for schools to help students’ mental health is to simply help them learn about racism and colonial oppression, rather than harm them.