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Do protocols for school safety infringe on disability rights?

The Hechinger Report

Generally, after an incident occurs or staff receive a tip — say, a student gets into a fight or posts on social media condoning the use of violence — a team uses a structured process to gather information, interview the student and witnesses, and decide on a threat level to assign the student.

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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I’m also limited by my experience as a secondary teacher; these conversations have less controversy in lower elementary, though discussions about appropriateness do surface more commonly in the upper elementary/middle school transition. They sometimes only focus on social media or TV. Supreme Court Case such as Roth v.

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Teachers struggle to teach the Holocaust without running afoul of new ‘divisive concepts’ rules

The Hechinger Report

It mandated that beginning last school year, education on the Holocaust and other genocides start no later than eighth grade and be incorporated into at least one required high school social studies course. A social studies classroom at Kingswood Regional High School in Wolfeboro.

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