The fact that more women have reached the to post in recent years does not tell the whole story as "we are still grossly underrepresented in this role," says one superintendent.
For Black students and other students of color, their personal experiences with policing can leave them feeling unsafe and alienated from school when they see officers on campus.
The bulk of the money will likely fund police positions in elementary schools a pre-pandemic investigation found that Virginia schools referred more Black students to law enforcement than any other state.
Increasing the capacity of its school leaders, expanding academic programming and nurturing positive school climates have been driving forces behind the improvements in three districts.
"It's bad," is how an assistant high school principal in Tennessee characterizes the level of teacher turnover the nation is grappling with after more than two years of COVID.
How a teen with an assault-style rifle walked into an unlocked Texas elementary school and stayed nearly an hour has emerged as a key question about the police response to the deadliest US school shooting in almost a decade.
In the aftermath of Columbine, Parkland, Sandy Hook and the nearly 1,000 other school shootings since 2012, advocates for nationwide gun control measures have run into political realities that have stopped these efforts from moving forward.
