No easy answers on safety
Last fall, when we began considering the themes we wanted to tackle this year, students in many...
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Tag: December 2022/January 2023
School safety: A legal labyrinth
We all know student misbehavior exists on a spectrum of seriousness, ranging from mild teasing to...
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Seeking safety in a ‘code’
Black students share how failing school safety measures lead to escalating violence and...
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Expectations and exceptions
Every once in a while, when they were younger, one of my three children would say they didn’t feel...
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What helps students feel safe?
We asked our Educators Rising students how safe they feel at school and what schools can do to...
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Nina Weisling and Wendy Gardiner recommend The Price of Nice
The Price of Nice: How Good Intentions Maintain Educational Inequality Edited by Angelina Castagno...
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A lesson in motion stays in motion: If students lead, will teachers follow?
What does it look like when teachers go beyond test requirements and let students’ questions guide...
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David Labaree recommends Confessions of a School Reformer
Confessions of a School Reformer By Larry Cuban (Harvard Education Press, 2021) In this...
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Safe, supported, and empowered
Restorative practices and student voice play crucial roles in fostering a safe climate for...
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How I gamified my classroom
Years ago, one October morning, my 5th graders found their desks rearranged into three distinct...
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The policy of school policing
Do you remember the viral video of the school resource officer (SRO) slamming that Black kid to...
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De-escalating ‘dataveillance’ in schools
Technologies meant to promote student safety may also invade their privacy and treat them as...
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