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How districts can proactively protect against school shootings

eSchool News

Key points: Students and educators report feeling increasingly unsafe in their schools A school safety plan should include both reactive and proactive measures See related article: 4 considerations for school safety solutions The U.S. continues to grapple with its gun-related violence problem as new shootings make headlines every day.

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School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

EdNews Daily

The Washington Post reported (July 16, 2019) that a report filed by the National Center for Education Statistics, that online bullying and texting is the rise among middle and high school students. More parents are sending their young children to elementary school with a smartphone.

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Thousands of kids are missing from school. Where did they go?

The Hechinger Report

Over months of reporting, the AP learned of students and families avoiding school for a range of reasons. When his mother asked him about speaking to a reporter, he cursed her out. She teaches dance to elementary school kids now. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. She plans to study choreography. Where did they go?

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“It’s so hard and so challenging:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

The Hechinger Report

Our reporters are spending the year listening to people from across the country as they manage school districts, lead classrooms, parent students and attend school. Maranda Seawood, student support specialist at Washington Elementary School. Valente’ Gibson , fifth grade teacher at Jackson Creek Elementary School.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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Georgia program for children with disabilities: ‘Separate and unequal’ education?

The Hechinger Report

At the meeting, a special education teacher had recommended taking the boy out of Martin Elementary School, in a town 10 miles southwest, and placing him in Georgia’s Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support, or GNETS, a statewide system for children with “emotional and behavioral disorders.”.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 9 Edition)

Doug Levin

Here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: March 3, 2017 How to Tell a Secret in the Digital Age | New York Times → Education reporters take heed.

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