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School Shootings, Comprehensive Prevention, Mandatory (Mental Health) Reporting, and Standardized Threat Assessments (Part II)
What Schools, Staff, and Students Need to Do, and The Help that They Need to Do ItDear Colleagues,IntroductionToo many times during my career, I have heard school staff members across the country stat...
Read Full ArticleSchool Shootings: History Keeps Repeating Itself (Part I)
What We Already Know, and What Schools, Staff, and Students Need to DoDear Colleagues,IntroductionJanuary 3: St. John’s, MI (East Olive Elementary School)January 4: Seattle, WA (...
Read Full ArticleEffective School-wide Discipline Approaches: Avoiding Educational Bandwagons that Promise the Moon, Frustrate Staff, and Potentially Harm Students
Implementation Science and Systematic Practice versus Pseudoscience, Menu-Driven Frameworks, and “Convenience Store” ImplementationDear Colleagues,IntroductionFor 30 years or more, “School Discipline”...
Read Full ArticleFederal and State Policies ARE NOT Eliminating Teasing and Bullying in Our Schools
Teasing and Bullying is Harming our Students Psychologically and Academically: Here's How to Change this Epidemic through Behavioral Science and Evidence-based PracticesDear Colleague,Introduction...
Read Full ArticleSchool Resource Officers: Helping or Hurting Students and School Discipline?
Integrating Hiring, Training, and Deployment Criteria for School Resource Officers, School-based Police, and Security Guards into States’ ESEA-Required Bullying, Restraint, and Suspension PlansDear Co...
Read Full ArticleThe Unfulfilled Promise of Education: Students’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Skills
Why the “Soft Skills” are the Hard Skills, and Why they are Essential for Students’ Academic Success- - What Outcomes should be Targeted?Dear Colleagues,For all of the rhetoric about ensuring that stu...
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