Earlier this month, Brock Allen Turner, the ex-Stanford swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a fraternity dumpster, received two sentences. The first, from the… Read more »
News Clips
The National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) tracks trends and developments in issues related to school climate and conditions for learning through online media sites, blogs, syndication and aggregation services, and other news resources from local, regional, and national media outlets. Browse this ongoing collection of posts to learn about what’s happening in communities near you and across the nation.
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Displaying 5144 News Clips.June 2016
13News Now
Parents, teachers and community members can help with the transition of students returning to school as the pandemic continues.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
When the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) at the University of Texas at Austin first polled students about their experiences during the pandemic in fall 2020, almost 60% of… Read more »
Washington Post
Many students are having to press their universities for accommodations — or drop classes entirely. Some welcomed the return to in-person learning, but the change has revived pre-pandemic… Read more »
Sacramento Bee
Healthy Davis Together — a cooperative project placing a university and its adjoining city inside a single, coordinated health bubble — has delivered superior results. Both town and gown have… Read more »
New Jersey Senate Democrats
Provides information on bill S-2402, which would require all New Jersey public and private schools to install CO detection devices.
Inside Higher Ed
A recent study finds that increased cannabis use among students, including vaping, is common on college campuses.
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
HACU has released an analysis of the 2021-22 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) enrollment data, which shows an increase in the number of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)… Read more »
New America
Nina Owolabi is a student parent and a doctoral student at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. While she proudly calls herself a "mama scholar," she also understands full well the many… Read more »
New York Times
To build a diverse class of students, the medical school at U.C. Davis ranks applicants by the disadvantages they have faced. Can it work nationally?
The Press.net
According to the National Bullying Prevention Center website Pacer.org, one out of every five students ages 12-18 nationwide have been bullied, with more female students (24 percent) reporting… Read more »
Wavy.com
As students head back to school, parents need to keep an eye on their mental health. One widespread negative impact is bullying. It can affect children’s self-esteem, behavior and daily life. … Read more »
Education Week
When it comes to school safety, bullying is teachers’ top concern, even more so than school shootings or drugs on campus, according to a recently released report from the RAND Corporation. That’s… Read more »
EdWeek
As schools deal with surges in chronic absenteeism, many educators say an increase in anxiety and mental health concerns have contributed to the problem—and those factors can be difficult to… Read more »
WABC-TV New York
BAYVILLE, Ocean County (WABC) -- A school district in New Jersey is taking action after a student died by suicide last year after she was bullied by her peers. The Central Regional School… Read more »
US News
Two years ago, pediatricians, child and adolescent psychiatrists, and children’s hospitals joined together to declare a national emergency in youth mental health. While our country navigated the… Read more »
US Senate
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Safe Schools Improvement Act to safeguard against bullying and harassment in K-12 schools. The bill would require school… Read more »
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Here’s the hard truth about bullying: It occurs in every school, can happen to any student and is hurtful to everyone involved. “Bullying is a widespread problem among children and teens, with 1… Read more »
EdWeek
Officials with Michigan’s Oxford High School should have conducted a threat assessment into the behavior of a 15-year-old student prior to a shooting that left four students dead and others… Read more »
Care.com
Here are some of the most common types of bullying that parents should be aware of, and what parents and schools can do to mitigate and prevent bullying.