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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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Displaying 76 News Clips.January 2024
01/23/2024
Open Campus
01/09/2024
LetsGoDU
According to published 2023 police reports, crime dropped significantly in the consolidated University and University Park neighborhoods. The trend shows double-digit drops in most types of crime… Read more »
November 2023
11/15/2023
CBS News Colorado
The City of Aurora will use student data and information from local schools to help reduce and prevent youth violence. This approach includes identifying behavioral concerns and establishing a… Read more »
11/10/2023
Global Education Monitoring Report
Violence and bullying in schools deprive millions of children and adolescents of their fundamental right to education. A recent UNESCO report revealed that more than 30% of the world’s students… Read more »
October 2023
10/27/2023
9 News
Statistics show that suspended and expelled students are 51 percent more likely to be arrested two or more times compared to students who were not suspended.
10/26/2023
Inside Higher Ed
The University of Colorado at Boulder established a cross-departmental leadership team to facilitate analysis and revision of student success programs to close equity gaps and improve outcomes. … Read more »
10/24/2023
CBS News Colorado
On a sunny October morning, Lot C at the University of Northern Colorado is full. It's full of people and groceries, filling a huge need on campus. "UNC is committed to supporting our students in… Read more »
10/19/2023
Gazette
Pikes Peak State College is increasing its concurrent enrollment opportunities and support services for Colorado Springs’ Hispanic and Latino high school students through a two-year pilot program… Read more »
10/09/2023
Colorado Sun
The alert shared in Boulder a few weeks ago warned of a powdered form of fentanyl, its texture similar to drywall plaster, and its color pink or tan, like sand. Boulder law enforcement officers… Read more »
September 2023
09/05/2023
Chalkbeat Colorado
Deysi Parga Macias faced a dilemma last fall in the first week of classes at the University of Colorado Boulder. She couldn’t find daycare for her son, Ramiro, and her grandparents, who were… Read more »
August 2023
08/20/2023
The Denver Gazette
Experts said younger and younger children are joining gangs and point to violent crime undertaken by kids under 14. They added that the ever-evolving street gang scene in Denver, and surrounding… Read more »
08/11/2023
CBS Colorado
Across Colorado, thousands of students are heading off to college, including a growing number of students with intellectual disabilities. Seven years ago, Colorado was one of only three states… Read more »
July 2023
07/05/2023
Colorado Sun
Bikram Mishra earned three business degrees from Adams State University during his 12 years of incarceration. He became known as the “educator behind bars.” After his release from prison, Adams… Read more »
07/05/2023
Colorado Sun
Bikram Mishra earned three business degrees from Adams State University during his 12 years of incarceration. He became known as the “educator behind bars.” After his release from prison, Adams State… Read more »
June 2023
06/07/2023
Colorado Sun
When Jason Pettit started school at Fort Lewis College in the fall of 2020, his home was his Ford Ranger pickup and wherever he felt safe enough to park. Pettit has an abundance of the kind of… Read more »
May 2023
05/23/2023
KRDO
Pueblo Community College is announcing a new partnership with Life Center Academy (LCA) to help provide child-care options for PCC students. LCA is a faith-based childcare and education center… Read more »
05/07/2023
Colorado Sun
Fort Lewis is the only Colorado college to institute a rapid rehousing program, which, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, is a technique for ending homelessness that provides… Read more »
05/03/2023
CBS Colorado
The University of Northern Colorado has partnered with the Weld County Health Department to distribute thousands of fentanyl testing kits to students when needed. The test strips have already been… Read more »
April 2023
04/27/2023
Public News Service
More than 15,000 students in Colorado have experienced homelessness, and a new grant from the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative will help more of them access a college degree or… Read more »
04/19/2023
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Research has repeatedly found that higher education programs in prisons reduce recidivism. And the higher a degree an incarcerated person earns, the less likely they are to re-offend, down to a 0… Read more »