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Student safety

Is student monitoring software the best solution for child safety?

Alcino Donadel -
With a shortage of school counselors and incidents of self-harm and violence toward others surging this past year, districts are turning toward online monitoring services that can help administrators stay ahead of the curve.

How to manage the looming threat of school shootings in 2023

Micah Ward -
Between 2016 and 2020, there has been a total of 173 mass shootings in the U.S. Among those, 13 have occurred within educational institutions, making this sector the third-most targeted.

On average, there’s been nearly one school shooting a day since the new year

Micah Ward -
Data from the K12 School Shooting Database reveals that there have already been at least 25 shootings on a K12 campus since 2023 has begun.

Here are Homeland Security’s 3 top tips for beating cyberattacks

Matt Zalaznick -
Cybersecurity threats are now placing "an untenable burden" on schools and the students and staff members they serve, feds say.

How one college prep site rates your school system on 3 big priorities

Matt Zalaznick -
It's hard to argue that superintendents and their leadership teams have three higher priorities than student success, school quality, and the safety of everyone who learns and works in their district.

Safety first: How schools are investing in security in 2023

Micah Ward -
New data from the National Center for Education Statistics reveal that an overwhelming majority of schools have extensive security measures in place. For example, at schools with a full- or part-time SLEO or SRO, 92% of them routinely carry a firearm.

Third violent threat forces besieged district to cancel another day of school

Matt Zalaznick -
A warning of a student possessing a gun has shut down Richmond Community Schools, the Michigan district that was closed all last week as the result of a threat targeting an administrator's family. 

Second staffer threatened after administrator targeted by anti-Semitic message

Matt Zalaznick -
The just-hired Michigan middle school dean whose family was targeted by an anti-Semitic death threat that closed Richmond Community Schools for all of last week has resigned.

Wave of respiratory illnesses forces mask mandates in districts across the U.S.

Matt Zalaznick -
New rules are popping up in districts across the country as educators enter 2023 grappling with a wave of COVID, flu and RSV.

Mental health crisis: Why Seattle schools are suing 4 social media giants

Matt Zalaznick -
They are demanding action from TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook—the social media giants they see as key culprits in the rampant mental health crisis affecting today's youth.

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