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Student safety

3 ways to help protect your students from malicious phishing attacks

Micah Ward -
Cybercriminals are hungry for students' personal identity information and their blank credit history, and their tactics to retrieve such information are becoming increasingly stealthy.

Here are the greatest dangers in the most dangerous states for students

Matt Zalaznick -
The chances of being sexually assaulted, threatened with a weapon, bullied, or exposed to illegal drugs are among the key safety measurements being tracked.

Superintendent quits after his gun is found by a third-grader at school

Matt Zalaznick -
Rising Star ISD Superintendent Robby Stuteville admitted to leaving the gun behind after he used a restroom in the Texas district's elementary school.

Why swatting threats may be a long-term issue for schools

Micah Ward -
Over the past six months, many districts have fallen victim to falsified threats. According to one safety expert, they appear to be linked to one another and originate from international sources.

How new ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills are more restrictive than the original

Matt Zalaznick -
A proposal in Indiana would banish instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity from all classrooms, kindergarten through 12th grade, while Iowa lawmakers aim to eliminate the topics through eighth grade.

Female students are faring the worst when it comes to risky behavior

Matt Zalaznick -
CDC's latest Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows dangerous trends are overshadowing a number of improvements in female students' well-being.

Swatting scare: Active shooter hoaxes derail dozens more schools

Matt Zalaznick -
Swatting hoaxes this week led police to crash their cruiser through one school's front door while Vermont's governor likened the deeply disruptive pranks to terrorism.

International security and student safety: Why schools are banning TikTok

Micah Ward -
From "devious licks" to vandalizing school property, more districts are becoming aware of the dangerous TikTok trends that students can't get enough of. Then there's the fact that it can cause massive cybersecurity issues.

Suicide screening: Research shows it is preventing student self-harm

Matt Zalaznick -
Suicide screening and other K12 interventions have faced opposition from those who argue such approaches risk inciting self-harm among students. But new research has found just the opposite.

Superintendents, are you sick of the culture wars? So are many parents

Matt Zalaznick -
A majority of parents say the culture wars—i.e., banning books and stifling 'woke' agendas—are much less important than academic advancement and school safety, according to a new survey.

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