- Relationships with students are the priority: an open letter from the superintendent of Stillwater Public Schools in Oklahoma, where an eighth grade student died from a self-inflicted gun wound at school on September 26.
- Many Texas teachers are cutting back on mentoring and reducing after school communications with students, as an increasing number of teachers is investigated for inappropriate conduct with students.
- A New Hampshire student is appealing her school’s dress code ban on sleeveless attire—and, while the dress code appears to enjoy wide support, the superintendent was so impressed with the student’s presentation that he asked the school board to reconsider its policy.