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Student safety

‘Culture of fear’: Do LGBTQ+ students get enough support at school?

Matt Zalaznick -
Teacher survey: LGBTQ+ students are the least likely population to have their needs met at school but teaching about the community's history is seen as less important than other topics.

6 ways tech can help protect our children from mass shootings

Gary Shapiro -
Recent tragedies prompted the first major gun safety legislation in 30 years. But it’s clear that this problem can’t be solved by our elected officials alone.

Where does your state rank on the list of best school systems?

Matt Zalaznick -
“Quality” and “safety” are the two key measures in fresh rankings of the states with the best and worst school systems.

ESSER ideas: 2 ways to boost learning with healthier schools

Matt Zalaznick -
Tutoring and other academic interventions are not the only ways to boost student learning with your district's ESSER relief funding.

How potential Title IX overhaul expands protections for students with disabilities

Cara Nissman -
After more than a year and on the 50th anniversary of the law, the U.S. Department of Education has proposed updates to Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities that receive federal funding.

3.65 billion reasons why ransomware is a costly threat to school IT systems

Matt Zalaznick -
$3.56 billion: That's what ransomware attacks cost U.S. schools and colleges–in downtime alone–in 2021. Administrators also faced additional "astronomical recovery costs" to restore computers, recover data, and fortify their systems against future attacks, a new report says.

Many teachers and principals want politicians to stay out of the classroom

Matt Zalaznick -
Here's an alert for administrators: Parents are more concerned about non-educators making decisions about what students learn than they are about their children's reading and math skills.

These 4 themes are shaping educators’ visions for future school resiliency

Matt Zalaznick -
Administrators can find hope in the fact that more teachers believe their students will recover academically from the difficulties of the last three school years.

Biden administration moves on several fronts to protect LGBTQ students

Matt Zalaznick -
The Biden Administration and federal education officials say they must shield LGBTQI+ students from "unrelenting political attacks" such as Florida's "Don't Day Gay" law.

Gun violence proposal would fund K-12 safety and mental health

Charles Hendrix -
Measure would support the early identification of students suffering from mental health issues and violence prevention training for staff.

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