Ill.’s ELMWOOD PARK — On Friday, students protested outside Elmwood Park High School to communicate with the school’s leadership. Many people felt unsafe at school after a kid was detained earlier this week for bringing a gun into the building. “There should have been a hard lockdown and they would not call it ’cause they … Read more

Special education classrooms are reported as “urgently needed” in SOUTHAMPTON. Temporary solutions put in place since the city’s six special schools reached capacity in 2020 will not meet the anticipated rise in demand. The 70 spots spread over two Great Oak sites are temporary solutions that have been in place. Southampton Needs 278 New Places. … Read more

The Billings School District 2 is attempting to increase safety in the city’s educational facilities. The district has appointed its first-ever safety coordinator, making her the second in the entire state, as school threats have recently increased. Greg Upham, the superintendent, claimed that the Helena school district is in a comparable situation. Jeremy House will … Read more

From Bill Pike – My first teaching position began at Martinsville Junior High School in Martinsville, Virginia, in August 1975. There was no message to “look out for pupils who might have a gun” in my education classes, during my student teaching, or my orientation to the school system. About 50 years later, teenagers still … Read more

Many families are all too familiar with this scenario. Every morning, parents fight to wake sleepy teenagers, get them to the vehicle or bus stop, and then hope they are ready for school. A Florida House panel did, however, adopt a plan on Thursday that would establish start hours for middle schools and high schools … Read more

NC’s RALEIGH — A bill submitted to the North Carolina Senate aims to increase the number of nurses working in K–12 institutions. Every school in the state would have to have at least one nurse under Senate Bill 263. “The majority of our schools have no school nurses in their school at all, “Democratic senator … Read more

Bellevue Public Schools has presented a revised proposal that would only close two schools in response to criticism from parents on plans to close other elementary schools as a cost-saving measure. Three elementary schools, Eastgate, Wilburton, and Ardmore, would have been closed as part of the district’s initial plan. Instead, the district’s plan would enlarge … Read more

Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, spoke out against ChatGPT in schools during a Thursday night CNN town hall. Virginia is one of many nationwide districts that have banned ChatGPT, the new AI technology that alarmed educators due to worries about student cheating and learning. During the “The War Over Education” event, CNN’s Jake Tapper questioned … Read more

LA BATON ROUGE – Officials at EBR Readiness, an alternative district school, are coming to terms with yesterday’s campus pandemonium. Officials are still looking into how the 200-person brawl spiraled out of control. One teacher requesting anonymity stated that she is taking a break due to stressful and risky circumstances. “We told human resources that … Read more

Wednesday, the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Dade Phelan, said he supported several bills to make schools safer. One of these bills would require districts to plan how to handle an active shooter. The bill, which also increases funding for mental health services, has become one of the most well-known ways for lawmakers … Read more