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A group of D.C. area colleges and universities are joining together to research ways to reduce gun violence. This coalition of schools, called the 120 Initiative, will explore topics such as social economic issues, impacts of technology, and interactions between law and society.
The Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area has issued a new report on preventing gun violence, which asserts that mental health services should be treated as a crucial part of any solution and that the root causes, namely poverty and economic insecurity, should be addressed.
An emerging debate over plans to arm some George Washington University police officers on the D.C. campus near the White House shows enduring tensions over how best to protect college communities nationwide from gun violence. On one side are administrators who argue that they need every possible tool to prevent mass shootings and respond to fast-moving threats.
The U.S. Department of Education announced Project School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV) grants to four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that were disrupted by bomb threats last year: Texas Southern University, Delaware State University, Claflin University, and Howard University.
D.C.’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) released a draft of social-emotional learning (SEL) standards for students in the D.C. public and public charter schools
Introducing social-emotional learning to all aspects of curriculum was critical to school culture transformation efforts aimed to address dropping enrollment numbers, increasing suspension rates and overwhelming student dissatisfaction at Langley Elementary in Washington, D.C., Principal Vanessa Drumm-Canepa writes.
When this principal accepted the position at Langley Elementary in Washington, D.C., they had two objectives in mind: one, to empower teachers who truly care about supporting the whole child, and two, to inspire a schoolwide culture shift.
When Curtis High School was still open, the school safety agents who walked halls didn't make student Brielka Rodriguez feel safer. "I'm going to talk personally, my school is a couple blocks away from where Eric Garner was killed,” Brielka, a freshman, said.
LaGuardia Community College is creating an Office of Credit for Prior Learning, a first for the college and for the City University of New York system. The idea is to give working adults, especially those returning to college, credits for work experience and accomplishments outside the classroom so they can earn degrees in less time.