At the end of 2018, Poudre School District’s four middle schools had benefited from the Colorado Department of Education’s Bullying Prevention and Education Grant for one year. By 2019, many classes at one Expect Respect school had incorporated the Second Step model where educators teach bullying prevention concepts directly to students. The school’s prevention committee […]
Below are the bullying prevention programs that Bridgehampton UFSD has funded with a Paddlers for Humanity grant that supports mental health programs. Bully Prevention Committee Bridgehampton UFSD Superintendent Bob Houser launched the Bully Prevention Committee in 2019 to plan fundraising events and student-led programs, including a bullying prevention task force. “This force will lead a […]
Here are the bullying prevention programs at Windsor Central School District after district leaders implemented the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in every school. Class meetings At New York’s Windsor Central School District, elementary teachers talk about bullying in homeroom every morning as breakfast is served. Upper-level schools offer advisory periods, which middle schoolers attend every day […]
Developed in collaboration with Wilson Language Training, Great Minds released Geodes, a new category of books for new and emerging readers. With Geodes, Great Minds introduces Readables books, which give students opportunities to practice language while building and extending knowledge, vocabulary and more.
For more than two years, a group of parents has fought with the California district over its sexual health curriculum and appropriate ages. An online petition opposing the curriculum has over 6,000 signatures and an in-person petition has collected 4,000 signatures.
Some of the newest partner districts protecting students with Gaggle are West Memphis School District in Arkansas, Perris Union High School District in California and School District of Lee County in Florida. Five other districts in Iowa, South Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin and Washington have signed on as well.
New Washington legislation focuses on suicide prevention, school resource officer training and mental health. Legislators also hope to open regional safety centers to provide training, support and coordination to teachers and students.
The two companion bills would make all Kentucky K12 schools 100 percent tobacco-free beginning July 1, 2020. The ban would include electronic cigarettes. Those concerned about such a policy worry about impeding the personal rights of adult school personal and visitors, and about statewide law overstepping local control.
