Et nytt doktorgradsprosjekt skal se nærmere på hvilke muligheter og hindringer skoleansatte har for å forebygge vold og overgrep mot barn.

A proactive approach that includes partnerships with educators can help students process increased incidences of hate and bias in schools, writes Derek Francis, manager of counseling services in Minneapolis Public Schools. In this commentary, Francis shares that the district uses a plan that offers proactive and reactive resources as well as tools to help school…

School leaders can discern concerning behaviors and protect students against real threats of school violence.

Using specific approaches matched to the phases of a classroom behavior crisis cycle can help schools prevent or respond to intense situations.

Lærere har plikt til å gripe inn for å hindre at en elev skader seg selv eller andre. Her er noen tips til hva som er lurt å tenke på og en huskeliste for voldsutsatte lærere.

The findings of this study suggest that concern, worry, and stress related to school violence or shootings may be risk factors for internalizing problems among adolescents, with variation in the strength of the association by race/ethnicity. (pdf)

Concerns about gun violence at their schools or other places they go has put high school students at increased risk for anxiety and other mental health conditions, a study published by JAMA Network Open found.

The pandemic has shined a light on the importance of teaching educators about data privacy, according to Ellen Mandinach, senior research scientist at WestEd. Mandinach and the Future of Privacy Forum released two training resources this week -- the Student Privacy Primer and a guide to data ethics - aimed at better preparing K-12 teachers…

The academic unit of the nonprofit Cyber Innovation Center, Cyber.org, this week released what it says is a first-of-its-kind road map for K-12 cybersecurity learning. The main components of the optional standards are computing systems, digital citizenship and security.

K–12 IT leaders must ensure school-issued devices are ready to reconnect to the school’s network when students head back to classrooms in the fall.

Education-technology companies have many opportunities to collect data on students, a concept that Velislava Hillman, a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, wants school leaders, academics and policy makers to reconsider.

Student turnover is a cause for concern among administrators, and mobility is linked with lower student performance, research shows.