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Preventing Violence: Strengthening Reporting Systems in Schools
When it comes to school shootings, it’s easy to feed into stereotypes. Loner; bullying victim; mentally ill. Such terms are often associated with o...

Crisis Levels: Suicide Rates and K-12 Students
Whenever someone takes his or her own life, it’s a tragedy. But when a well-known celebrity–who seems to have it all–commits suicide, t...

Safe Schools: Tech Helps, but Relationships are Vital
Picture this: You’re a parent picking up your elementary-aged child from school early for an appointment. You walk up to the front door of the scho...

Improving Safety Plans: Schools Plan for the Worst
In the conversation around school shootings, one question is front-of-mind for every school leader, educator, and parent: Is my school prepared? Fr...

The Big Challenges for Next School Year: What’s Next in Education
Dr. David Blaiklock Summer break is quickly approaching. Many districts across the country have already celebrated graduations and the last day of ...

After Santa Fe: School Districts Face Growing Inevitability
In the weeks following the Parkland school shooting, a group of students from Santa Fe High School in Texas joined a national walkout to call for a...

Ensuring School Safety: Podcast #2 Emphasizes the Role of Strong Communication
More than two months since Parkland, and the debate over schools safety wages on–with students at the forefront. An important question for ...

Post-Parkland: Students taking action on school safety.
If anything sets the Parkland, Fla., school shooting apart from other recent school tragedies, it’s the sustained effort of K-12 students to keep ...

Yet another walkout, providing another opportunity to involve students in discussions about safety
Students throughout the country are preparing to leave their classrooms Friday morning to participate in yet another national demonstration against...

Podcast #1: Is Your School Ready for the Worst? A Focus on School Safety
If the last few months are any indication, the debate on school safety isn’t going away soon–and students are determined to ensure their voi...