A new executive order would create new guidelines on school discipline, suggesting the current ones are ‘discriminatory.’
- Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Florida
Florida’s school safety data dashboard is one of the most comprehensive in the US. A school safety researcher explains how schools and parents can use it.
School board members in one Massachusetts district have called for the National Guard to address student misbehavior. Does their request have merit? A school discipline expert weighs in.
Debates about school discipline have become polarized between proponents of restorative justice and those who believe a get-tough approach is required.
Decisions on whether to allow corporal punishment in school have been largely local.
A Florida sheriff has been using student records to flag students ‘destined’ for crime. Now a congressman is calling for a federal inquiry.
Some school districts are starting to remove police. A team of researchers explains why that could be a welcome trend.
Newly-released body camera footage shows an Orlando police officer taking a 6-year-old girl away in handcuffs. A school safety expert explains the potential pitfalls of police in primary schools.
When school resource officers run afoul of the law, more often than not the reason is sexual misconduct with students, research shows.
About one-third of America’s primary schools have a school police officer on hand. Do these officers make schools safer, or are they turning primary schools into mini police precincts?
Zero tolerance policies in America’s schools are declining, but you might not be able to tell since so many practices get lumped under the ‘zero tolerance’ label, a school discipline expert says.
Although new evidence shows mixed results for “restorative justice” practices, that’s no reason for schools to stop looking for alternatives to school suspensions, a school safety scholar argues.
Following a fatal beating of a student, Chicago started a Safe Passage program in 2009 to ensure students get to and from school safely. Nine years on, how is it working?
After Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said a school safety commission won’t focus on guns, a school safety scholar says the commission may miss an important part of the discussion.
School climate and culture are just as important, if not more, than security measures when it comes to preventing school violence, a scholar argues.
A new law and Maryland calls for an expanded law enforcement presence in Maryland schools. But lack of funding and inadequate training could potentially undermine the initiative.
A recent cut to federal funding for school safety research could hurt efforts to make schools more secure, a scholar warns.
Researchers have found large achievement gaps in science in kindergarten. However, these can change significantly in subsequent years.
New research finds state zero tolerance laws do not improve student safety. In fact, they increase the use of suspensions and racial disparities in discipline.
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