Twisters Rip Through Oklahoma, Killing Elementary School Students
The school at which there were casualties did not have a storm shelter, nor do many Oklahoma schools, one official said, in part because of the expense. Read Full Post >
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May 20, 2013
May 16, 2013
A New Census of Mental Health Disorders in Children
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 >
April 30, 2013
School Discipline Survey Finds Challenges in Making Changes
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 >
April 26, 2013
Since Newtown, State Lawmakers Push School Safety Bills
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 >
April 24, 2013
School Safety Legislation Since Newtown
View state legislative activity on school safety since the school shootings in Newtown, Conn. on Dec. 14, 2012. Read Full Post >
April 24, 2013
Newtown, Conn., Rejects Tax Hike to Put Police in Schools
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 >
April 23, 2013
Gun Injuries in Children Need More Study, Better Prevention
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 >
April 22, 2013
Leading From Courage or Fear
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 >
April 10, 2013
Schools, Guns, and Common Sense
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 >
April 08, 2013
Lockdown!
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 >
