News: Cyberbullying
Students Need "Learner's Permits" for Social Media Access: Decreasing Mental Health, Bullying, and School Shooting Risks
American adolescents are experiencing a mental health crisis of unprecedented proportions, with depression rates more than doubling since 2007, suicide attempts increasing dramatically, and anxiety di...
Read Full ArticleChronic Absenteeism and the “Five Why’s”: Stop Chasing Symptoms and Start Tackling Solutions
This Blog highlights a long-standing crisis in our nation’s schools: chronically-absent students. It documents the incident rates of chronic absenteeism over the past decade, specifies the root causes...
Read Full ArticleAre Schools Really Prepared to Address Educators’ Biggest Behavioral Student Concerns Right Now? “We’ve Got Serious Problems and We Need Serious People” (Part II)
Blog discusses the significant classroom and school social, emotional, and behavioral challenges demonstrated by students this past year as identified in a recent national survey by K-12 school leader...
Read Full ArticleRevisiting Title IX’s Sexual Harassment Requirements While Avoiding Secondary Victimization: A Procedural Primer. Why Do Too Many Districts Not Know (or Abdicate) their Responsibilities?
Blog provides a detailed overview of the federal Title IX Sexual Harassment law—describing definitions, required procedures, and sample district policies in specific areas relative to responding to an...
Read Full ArticleSocial Media and the “Double-Edged” Sword of Damocles: Survival Rests on Humility, Self-Control, and the Principles of Public Relations
This Blog discusses Social Media as a “Sword of Damocles” that hangs above us with the power to enhance or destroy those who use it. We can control the power by (teaching) self-control, humility, com...
Read Full ArticleAs Cyberbullying Increases, Positive School Climate Decreases
Student Involvement Must Be Part of the Solution. . . How to Do ItDear Colleagues,Introduction I receive about fifteen or twenty e-mails a day from different national organizations, education news f...
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