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The districts consider strategies to stem enrollment decline. 

Idaho high school students reported less bullying, cigarette smoking and sexual activity in the State Department of Education’s biannual youth risk behavior survey. But teens reported increased e-… Read more »

TAO Connect is just one of dozens of mental health apps permeating college campuses in recent years.

As gun violence increases at schools, scholars call for more research into surviving students

An Arizona school district is using four-legged therapy counselors as part of a pilot program to help students deal with issues related to mental health, officials said.

State Rep. Dottie Bailey, R-Eureka, who serves as vice-chair of the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee, has prefiled legislation to strengthen Missouri’s law regarding seclusion… Read more »

Wisconsin school safety plans adequately cover most safety guidelines and procedures, according to an audit released Wednesday that took a first look at a $100 million grant program.

Despite a growing health crisis that has killed more than 50 people vaping has become an irresistible - and addictive - part of life for many college students. 

Jim DeFede sat down with Ryan Petty, whose 14-year-old daughter Alaina was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, to discuss an 18-page report showing that many of the new laws enacted after the… Read more »

Washington County's school nurses do more than apply bandages to cuts and ice packs to a student’s scraped knee.

Discipline at Talawanda Middle School has taken on a new look this year with classes addressing the specific offenses instead of suspensions which are only time out of school which puts students… Read more »

Kansas City Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell concedes he’s not sure what it’s going to take to improve attendance.

A college in New Jersey hosted 300-plus girls this week for an inaugural coding challenge.

High schools and parents often fail to teach basic financial literacy. But a student’s life during and after college can hinge on learning important planning skills.

Many students drop out of college for nonacademic reasons, and the Michigan Community College Association wants that to stop.

he National Dropout Prevention Center, a division of Successful Practices Network, announces the nation's first graduate of the Trauma-Skilled Specialist certification program. Melisa… Read more »

Last week, the 94th school-based health center funded by the Department of Public Health, and the 15th in New London County, opened in Mary Morrison Elementary School in Groton.

Students are able to sit in Vaughn’s office that doubles as what she calls “The Peace Room” and just listen to the sound of the ocean. The room has calming lights, fidget items and a couch.