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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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January 2022
01/19/2022
Los Angeles Times
Murder charges have been upheld against a former Long Beach school security officer who shot and killed an 18-year-old girl last year while she was seated in a vehicle fleeing the scene of a fight… Read more »
01/16/2022
New York Times
There is talk about moving from ‘containment to management,’ with fewer restrictions as spring semester progresses.
01/15/2022
Washington Post
The University of Kentucky, like many others, aims to push through the wave of infections.
01/14/2022
Cal Matters
Officials at UC and CSU campuses optimistic that pause on in-person classes won't last.
01/13/2022
New York Times
The enrollment crisis at U.S. institutions of higher learning continued a second year into the pandemic, even as coronavirus vaccines became widely available for students last fall, according to… Read more »
01/12/2022
U.S. Department of Education
The White House released a Fact Sheet discussing the Administration’s commitments to increase COVID-19 testing in schools to keep students safe and schools open.
01/12/2022
NPR
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. David Rubin, primary care physician and director of PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, on how schools should consider navigating the current COVID… Read more »
01/10/2022
EducationWeek
The long periods of remote learning during the pandemic may have one silver lining: The physical distance appears to have prevented student harassment.
New national research from Boston… Read more »
01/06/2022
Los Angeles Times
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo started housing students who test positive for the coronavirus at off-campus hotels after campus isolation beds filled up during the first week of classes, a university… Read more »
01/05/2022
The Edge
Food pantries have become common features of campus life. Now, colleges are beginning to recognize another basic student need: affordable, safe, reliable transportation. While only a few… Read more »
01/04/2022
Washington Post
With a highly transmissible new variant, college officials are scrambling to separate infected or exposed students from others.
01/04/2022
Los Angeles Times
The start of 2022 at the University of California feels like March 2020 deja vu for some students. Most campuses started the winter quarter with two weeks of remote classes — a decision announced… Read more »
01/04/2022
WHAV
CARES Act grants and the NECC Fund enables the partnership on the Massachusetts college’s Haverhill campus. Students, faculty and staff are able to access up to eight hours a week of free child… Read more »
01/04/2022
AACC News
Talking to LCCC president Joe Schaffer about rural community colleges and their challenges and opportunities.
01/03/2022
San Diego Union-Tribune
The decision builds on school’s acknowledgement that campus sits on ancestral land.
01/03/2022
Inside Higher Ed
The arrival of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is leading more colleges and universities to shift plans for the semester that starts this week on many campuses. Some institutions face criticism… Read more »
01/03/2022
Chalkbeat
School officials announced late Monday that 81 district schools will shift to virtual learning when the district reopens Tuesday, a decision prompted by staffing challenges amid Philadelphia’s… Read more »
December 2021
12/31/2021
New York Times
Nearly 600,000 public university students in New York will soon be required to get vaccination booster shots as part of the state’s stepped-up effort to combat a record-breaking coronavirus… Read more »
12/29/2021
ABC 7
The Black Student Achievement Plan provides for educators like Gregory Sims at Dana Middle School. Sims is a School Climate Advocate who creates a rapport with students, helping inspire them to… Read more »