Fixing every student's health problems; stop and frisk; and why you need to be kind—here's what you might have missed this week in news related to student engagement, school climate, and the world that affects them.

The "Unified and Comprehensive System of Learning Supports for Alabama Students" design document focuses on prevention and early intervention, shifting the focus away from reactionary measures.

The Arkansas attorney general issued a memo that says public school districts cannot arm teachers under a law that allows for guards.

Researchers found that teenage dating violence is common among young people in the United States, and many efforts have been established to bring awareness and prevention.

A bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday directs the Department of Education to give higher asthma-grant priority to states that also take measures to address anaphylaxis.

A new dropout-warning system being built in Montgomery County, Md., can flag 75 percent of future dropouts as early as the second semester of 1st grade. But what do you do with that kind of information?

New developments in Atlanta's juvenile justice system show just how tough the school-to-prison pipeline can get.

Big Macs, blow guns, and gang treaties—here's what you might have missed this week on student engagement and school climate.

Trayvon Martin's father and others testified to members of Congress during a hearing emphasizing the need for better programs to bolster African-American boys' success in education and beyond.

An overflow crowd of 200 Newtown, Conn., residents voted to use $750,000 in grant money to begin construction on a new Sandy Hook Elementary School.