April 11, 2018

School Climate & Safety Opinion Dear Betsy DeVos, Don't Bring Back Discrimination in School Discipline

As the Trump administration considers repealing school disciplinary guidance, the heads of two Obama-era offices of civil rights fire back.

Special Education New Guidelines Let Civil Rights Office Ignore Cases From Serial Complainers

Opponents say changes intended to make the complaint process more efficient may end up scuttling some complaints that have merit.

George Roberts was the principal at Perry Hall High School in 2012 when a student shot Daniel Borowy, a student with Down Syndrome, in the cafeteria on the first day of school. Borowy survived and returned to add his handprint to the Baltimore LOVE Project mural painted in the cafeteria. Each handprint on the mural is from every student who was in the cafeteria at the time of the shooting. Borowy’s is the single white handprint on the “O.” The mural was finished December 13, 2012, one day before the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

School Climate & Safety 'You Have to Redefine Normal': Leading Schools in the Aftermath of a Shooting

In the unfortunate club of principals and K-12 administrators whose schools become the site of unthinkable violence, the best source of guidance to navigate the grief, trauma, and leadership challenges that follow are their peers who've been through it.