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Emphasizes the role educators plan in fostering safe, welcoming learning communities for their students and offers tips and links to resources providing anti-bias and bullying prevention strategies that teachers can use to address anti-Muslim sentiments in their classroom and school.
Lists a number of factsheets and links to other resources addressing policy guidance on sexual harassment. The information is intended to assist schools and school districts in meeting their obligations and to provide members of the public with information about their rights under the civil rights laws and how to implement regulations that are enforced under policies.
Consists of thirty-seven commonly asked questions about schools’ and school districts’ responsibilities under FERPA relating to disclosures of student information to school resource officers (SROs), law enforcement units and others, and seeks to explain and clarify how FERPA protects student privacy while ensuring the health and safety of students and others in the school community.
Highlights the quality and pace of the Office of Civil Right's (OCR) enforcement work, policy guidance documents OCR has developed, and technical assistance it has provided.
Compares State and national school snack policies. Recommends that State child nutritional policies and procedures include: technical assistance and training to schools and districts, opportunities for collaboration and sharing of best practices, clear guidance on the number of fundraisers, and a plan for addressing how schools will be held accountable for meeting the USDA's Smart Snacks in Schools nutrition standards.
Reviews a multi-systematic framework that explains the influence of peer relationships on risk. This report examines research that answer three key questions: 1) do risky peer contexts increase the likelihood that teens will experience dating violence; 2) what roles do peers play in seeking help after teens experience violence; and 3) can group interventions or those focused on social contexts reduce the risk for teen dating violence.
Details how underage drinkers (ages 12 to 20) who were treated in hospital emergency departments were more than twice as likely to wind up with a serious health outcome if they also used drugs at the same time. This data spotlight brief also describes the importance role parents and adult caregivers can play in preventing alcohol use among this age group.
Presents a comprehensive set of consensus-based and field-driven recommendations to improve conditions for learning for all students and educators, better support students with behavioral needs, improve police-schools partnerships, and keep students out of the juvenile justice system for minor offenses.
Presents a recently updated federal website featuring resources, tools, policy guidance and information for parents, educators, administrators, service providers, and advocates for infants, toddlers, and youth with disabilities.
Provides guidance to school or district leaders on how to determine the appropriate amount of Safe Supportive Schools (S3) funding to spend on incentives or acknowledgements for the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program.