A first-ever report on mental health prevalence in children from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a first step in adequately addressing these disorders, the agency said. Read Full Post >
Many school districts are changing codes of conduct to limit the use of out-of-school suspension and expulsion, but resources needed to make those changes are often limited. Read Full Post >
After the devastating school shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., in December, state lawmakers around the country have proposed hundreds of ways to improve school security. Read Full Post >
View state legislative activity on school safety since the school shootings in Newtown, Conn. on Dec. 14, 2012. Read Full Post >
The budget increase would have provided nearly $1 million to hire additional police officers who would have been stationed at each of the district's seven schools. Read Full Post >
While public health research has helped reduce deaths from car crashes and drowning, a ban on federal funding for firearms research has crippled the investigation of gun violence and how to best prevent it. Read Full Post >
How do our brains and hearts ...and yes, even our physical bodies... perform in crisis. It is about who we are at our core. Read Full Post >
Where do we begin to advocate for our schools and how to we use our positions to educate? Until we overcome the human conditions that lead to violence, we must make better laws. Common sense must prevail. Read Full Post >
Lockdowns are the uninvited guest, the evil witch, at the banquet of "21st-century learning." Some of you, Gentle Readers, have known this for years, but for others of us it's a new thing: post-Newtown, post-Virginia Tech, post-Columbine. Read Full Post >
Researchers who analyzed the NRA school safety proposal say it's expensive to implement, could increase the potential for injuries, and fails to get at the roots of the school violence. Read Full Post >
