Edmonds College students can visit the school’s food pantry, apply for small grants to cover unexpected emergencies and seek temporary housing available in the community — all in one building. 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 56 News Clips.March 2024
February 2024
Bellevue College is introducing a campus climate survey as part of the college’s long-term planning for equity, diversity and inclusion. This survey will help track BC’s growth in terms of climate… Read more »
June 2023
A look at education inside Washington prisons offers insight into the challenges of implementing Pell Grants across the country.
May 2023
A handbook designed to help parents advise their young adult children leaving for their first year of college has been shown to increase family connections and moderate risky behaviors like drug… Read more »
March 2023
The OK CHALLENGE, open to all high school students in Oregon and Washington, is accepting video and slideshow presentations through March 31 to promote creativity and emotional wellness.
February 2023
From crowded parties to obscure fraternity initiations to small kickbacks, most Gonzaga University students have experienced some form of alcohol or drug use throughout their college experience,… Read more »
January 2023
Seattle Public Schools has filed a novel lawsuit against TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.
August 2022
Food insecurity disproportionately affects children and older adults, inner-city and rural residents, farmers, people of color — and college students who are living away from home. If that last… Read more »
June 2022
Northwest Indian College (NWIC) of Bellingham, Washington will be awarded a grant up to $5 million to train future scientists and engineers through the U.S.
Peer support programs could be key to helping young people grapple with mental health challenges exacerbated by COVID, but data is lacking on their effectiveness.
May 2022
Students at four-year colleges and universities drink nearly twice as much alcohol as their peers in two-year colleges, according to a survey of college students in the Seattle area. On the other… Read more »
March 2022
SPOKANE, Wash. — Tonight, Spokane Public Schools held a meeting to look at the district's campus safety.
This comes after Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl sent a letter to SPS's… Read more »
An experimental study revealed that alcohol advertising featuring objectified women encouraged not just some male but also female college students to manipulate others for sex. The study, led by… Read more »
November 2021
Washington State Community College (WSCC) will roll out an initiative in January 2022 that will support adult learners majoring in Robotics and Mechatronics. This program will be through the new… Read more »
September 2021
In less than one year, Seattle Central College’s mentor pilot program for Black male students is yielding results.
TACOMA, Wash. - Parents in Tacoma are organizing a petition to raise concerns about COVID safety at school.
August 2021
We’re heading into a third school year marked by the pandemic.
This back-to-school season, thousands of Washington children will ride school buses, find their desks and sit down for lunch… Read more »
June 2021
The Committee for Children, a global nonprofit and market leader in research-based social-emotional learning (SEL) programs, announced the release of Second Step® SEL for Adults, a new K–12… Read more »
May 2021
SEATTLE — Teachers at Broadview-Thomson K-8 in North Seattle wrote to the mayor and school superintendent, saying a camp on district property is making people feel unsafe.
March 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing that came with it – a necessity for staying physically healthy until vaccines are widely available – has taken its toll on many adults’ mental health.… Read more »