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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 57 News Clips.March 2024
February 2024
02/28/2024
Chattanooga Local 3 News
In recent weeks, safety has been top of mind for many college students as several murders shake communities in Georgia, Kentucky, and Colorado. It raises the question of how college students in… Read more »
02/20/2024
WKRN.com
A new report revealed almost a third of Tennessee college students may experience some degree of food insecurity. In 2022, the state legislature charged the Tennessee Higher Education Commission… Read more »
December 2023
12/11/2023
Inside Higher Ed
A new Tennessee Higher Education Commission and Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation report highlights the ways institutions can support students facing basic needs insecurity.
October 2023
10/12/2023
wbir.com
Following the mass shooting at the Covenant School in March, Tennessee lawmakers approved $240 million in funding to improve school security.
May 2023
05/30/2023
Tennessee Outlook
Members of the Tennessee Student Solidarity Network say there’s no shortage of issues around which to organize. As the group grows beyond its start on Vanderbilt University’s campus, so does its to-… Read more »
January 2023
01/18/2023
U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education announced $63 million in new five-year Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) grants to support 42 local educational agencies, non-profits, or other public or… Read more »
01/12/2023
NBC News
From shipping containers to hotels, Black colleges and universities are finding innovative ways to ease the HBCU housing crisis.
December 2022
12/06/2022
Kresge Foundation
Like community colleges nationally, more than half (56%) of Nashville State Community College’s student body enroll part-time. Part-time students face different financial, social and academic… Read more »
November 2022
11/03/2022
Nashville Scene
Vanderbilt was one of the first schools in the country to offer a program for students with disabilities, and TSU started its pilot this fall.
September 2022
09/14/2022
Ed Tech
In a recent webinar, two administrators discussed how boosting connectivity led to positive outcomes.
August 2022
08/28/2022
Washington Monthly
In the best of times, poor students struggle against long odds to graduate—and these are not the best of times.
July 2022
07/20/2022
The Chattanoogan
As you start the school year, take an opportunity to open a door to healthy dialogue with parents about the day-to-day events in their child’s classroom. Research reveals that when parents are… Read more »
June 2022
06/15/2022
News Channel 9
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Hamilton County School Board has a new report out that finds there's one type of bullying in schools across the county that's the highest it's ever been: bullying based on… Read more »
May 2022
05/23/2022
WPLN News
Only 52.8 percent of Tennessee high schoolers enrolled in college after they graduated in 2021, says a new report from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. Latinos were the least likely to… Read more »
March 2022
03/17/2022
News Channel 9
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — At the Hamilton County School Board meeting Thursday night, several parents brought forward more concerns about their children being bullied.
Parents gave… Read more »
September 2021
09/30/2021
Chalkbeat
A shooting in the stairwell of a Memphis school Thursday morning left a 13-year-old boy hospitalized in critical condition, a fellow student in custody, and a community grasping to process a… Read more »
June 2021
06/16/2021
WRCB
Hamilton County Commissioners unanimously approved the county's $833 million budget on Wednesday, with no tax increase. A highly debated part of the budget involved school safety and how the… Read more »
May 2021
05/06/2021
WATE 6
Knoxville, Tenn. (WATE) — Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs reiterated his support for Knox County Schools and school safety Thursday, a day after Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon and Chief of Police… Read more »
December 2020
12/21/2020
Chalkbeat
Shelby County Schools leaders recently revised how the Memphis district handles sexual harassment complaints after pressure from former and current students who championed the change… Read more »