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…
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Safety Law News for 8/6/12
In Chicago, boys in an anti-violence mentoring program have demonstrated a 44 percent drop in arrests for violent crimes and as much as a 23 percent increase in graduate rates. Officer Tom Speece, a West Virginia SRO, was honored for…
Safety Law News for 7/24/12
After two student suicides, Florida educators say that they stop bullying in its earliest stages, while families suggest that the schools are actually rife with peer-on-peer harassment. A 17-year-old student says in a formal letter that the day before canine drug…
School Safety Law News for 4/23/12
One year after New Jersey passed its tougher anti-bullying law, educators discuss why the law is challenging to carry out, in addition to describing the benefits they see. TIME reports on the Maryland student who posted a plea for help…