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
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.
NOTE: These articles are hosted externally and may be available for only a limited time. Please contact newspapers directly to obtain archived content.
Displaying 29 News Clips.January 2024
01/17/2024
ABC 7News
December 2023
12/29/2023
GW Hatchet
GW released an “after action review” of officials’ September shelter-in-place order earlier this month, reporting ambiguity in the safety guidance the University issued in the hours that followed… Read more »
September 2023
09/13/2023
Washington Post
In the aftermath of a melee last month between several Howard University students and a group of 50 or so young people, university officials announced the creation of a “safe path” for students to… Read more »
August 2023
08/17/2023
Washington Post
Howard University leaders sought to reassure students and parents this week after the school year began with alarming incidents on and near campus that injured multiple students and left one… Read more »
08/15/2023
DC News
Howard University officials said Tuesday they are committed to increased security on campus after two reported incidents happened last weekend that were instigated by young people not affiliated… Read more »
May 2023
05/31/2023
U.S. Department of Education
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… Read more »
April 2023
04/18/2023
Washington Post
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… Read more »
March 2023
03/29/2023
Inside Higher Ed
Howard Community College is the latest institution to add a family study room. Proponents of these spaces say they help students who are parents and signal something deeper about belonging—when… Read more »
03/01/2023
Inside Higher Ed
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… Read more »
November 2022
11/19/2022
Washington Post
Threat assessment has become an increasingly vital task during the past two decades at colleges and universities across the country. Teams of internal experts field tips, sift through evidence,… Read more »
July 2022
07/20/2022
WTOP News
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… Read more »
April 2021
04/21/2021
WTOP
Dozens of members of the public, teachers, former students and police officers shared their feelings about the presence of police in D.C. public schools as District leaders listened.
March 2021
03/20/2021
Washington Post
In mid-March in a normal year (remember those?) college seniors would be counting down the days to graduation, administrators would be finalizing commencement ceremony plans and family members… Read more »
03/18/2021
The 74
As its moniker suggests, the madness in March is about much more than basketball. For the past four years, we have also participated in March Madness bracketology. We have done so by creating a… Read more »
December 2020
12/06/2020
Washington Post
When the pandemic hit, community colleges expected an enrollment surge. Recessions — a time when the newly unemployed are looking to learn new skills — can be good for two-year schools.
March 2020
03/03/2020
DC Policy Center
In D.C., a large share of children and youth up to age 17 are likely to be exposed to traumatic events: 21.3 percent have been exposed to an adverse childhood experience (ACE), including an… Read more »
August 2019
08/26/2019
EdSurge
Gotel speaks with EdSurge about the impact EBT interventions have on DCPS students. He also shares how the district uses case management technology to track these interventions, support clinicians… Read more »
November 2018
11/27/2018
Education Dive
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… Read more »
11/23/2018
eSchool News
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… Read more »
October 2018
10/29/2018
The Washington Post
Cynthia Brown-Thomas’s job requires her to rise before the sun. It pays a meager stipend of $2.65 an hour. An exhausting display of patience is a must. She credits the job with… Read more »