In Travis County TX, the COVID-19 testing positivity rate is 20.2% at high schools, 27.1% at middle schools, 19.8% at elementary schools and 10% at preschools.
Uinta County, WY, School District No. 1’s Rule CKA, which allows for approved staff to carry concealed firearms on district property, has again been ruled invalid, this time by the Wyoming Supreme Court.
- By Sheila McGuire
- January 11, 2021
Destiny Danielle Washington, a 20-year-old nursing student, was fatally shot on Thursday night on the University of Alabama-Birmingham campus.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- December 21, 2020
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many school district leaders suddenly realized that they didn’t have adequate access to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suppliers, forcing them to attempt to locate essential materials and build inventory during a huge surge in demand.
- By Kelly Kleinfelder
- December 16, 2020
The school that would become Mount Royal University, in Calgary, Alberta, was founded more than a century ago. Throughout its long and rich history, Mount Royal has changed its offerings and location while continuing to meet the needs of the community it serves.
- By Kayder Khadim
- December 16, 2020
Campus safety is one of the largest issues facing universities. In 2014, more than 27,000 criminal incidents were reported at public and private universities across the United States*.
- By Randy Smith
- December 16, 2020
A Madison School Board committee finalized budget and policy recommendations on Thursday in an effort to prioritize the well-being of students without the presence of police officers in schools.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- December 14, 2020
While student safety is often revered as a top priority, it is not uncommon for incident response protocols to be overlooked until a situation that warrants action occurs.
- By Christine Dzou
- December 14, 2020
School security has taken on a new dimension as the result of the 2020 pandemic.
- By Bill Brennan
- December 14, 2020
Schools and universities are faced with an extraordinary challenge this fall. They need to create plans on preventing, identifying and managing people with potential Covid-19 infection and exposure while providing high-quality education.
- By Soumi Eachempati, MD, FACS, FCCM
- December 14, 2020
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, schools throughout our nation had their hands filled trying to keep students and faculty safe from unauthorized people on campus.
- By Monique Merhige
- December 08, 2020
Arguably, reopening the economy in many states across the country hinges on the ability for organizations to gain a good grasp on meeting COVID-safe practices.
- By Ryan Schonfeld
- December 08, 2020
It would seem that school and campus shootings would end with students schooling at home. That hasn’t been the case.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- December 08, 2020
A family is suing Chicago Public Schools due to an incident where a four-year-old boy was dragged by a security guard through the halls of McCutcheon Elementary school in March, according to the family’s lawyer.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- November 18, 2020
A Fort Worth, Texas elementary school sent a letter to parents notifying them about an incident where a student carried a loaded gun in their backpack.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- November 10, 2020
A Dallas College El Centro Campus police officer was shot in downtown Dallas Thursday evening.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- November 06, 2020
The Iowa City Community School District is developing a team to implement an assessment model that prevents violence and resolves conflict.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- November 02, 2020
Members of the state’s assembly have demanded more specific statewide guidelines for school reopening, emphasizing that equity gaps will otherwise grow as some students return to classrooms faster than others.
The robbery is the fifth off-campus robbery involving UT students this month.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- October 21, 2020
Undergraduate students at the University of Michigan have been issued an emergency stay-in-place order, after data shows that COVID-19 cases among Michigan students represents more than 60% of all local cases.