Rules for Engagement
The Rules for Engagement blog explored the nonacademic issues that bear on students’ learning. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: social-emotional learning, student well-being, and school climate.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Motivation, Student Protests, and Social-Emotional Learning: Rules for Engagement's Biggest Posts of 2017
Rules for Engagement readers' favorite posts of 2017 largely focused on how to engage and motivate students—both inside and outside of the classroom.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Sesame Workshop to Address Refugee Children's Trauma With Help From Elmo and $100 Million
The Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee will use a $100 million grant for an education and outreach program designed to address the needs of displaced Syrian children.
School & District Management
Steer Students Away From Alcohol by Broadening Their Social Circles, Study Says
Cooperative classroom learning may help disrupt students' social circles, introducing them to peers who are less likely to steer them toward alcohol use, researchers found.
Equity & Diversity
Consent, Contraception, and LGBT Issues: Sex Ed. Bills States Considered in 2017
There were a total of 64 sex education bills proposed in 27 states and Puerto Rico during 2017 legislative sessions.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Five Years After the Sandy Hook School Shootings, a Focus on Preventing Violence
The 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., stirred conversations about how to recognize threats, how to secure schools, and how to respond to the mental health needs of students.
Equity & Diversity
School Discipline Debate Centers on Benefits, Consequences of Federal Guidance
Debate at a U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearing focused heavily on whether the U.S. Department of Education should maintain, revoke, or revise Obama-era school discipline guidance.
School Climate & Safety
Two Students, Gunman Dead After Shooting at New Mexico High School
Two students are dead after a shooter entered a New Mexico high school near the Navajo Nation Thursday morning. The gunman also died at the scene, police said.
Equity & Diversity
In Discipline Debate, Two Groups Draw Different Conclusions About the Same District
Philadelphia's efforts to reduce suspensions can succeed if leaders provide supports that are sensitive to the contexts of different schools, a report found.
Equity & Diversity
School Discipline Debate Central to Hearing for Trump Civil Rights Nominee
If a school disciplines black students at a higher rate than their white peers, is that alone a violation of federal civil rights laws? That question played a big role in a confirmation hearing for the nominee to oversee civil rights in the U.S. Department of Education.
School Climate & Safety
Here's What Happened When a District Changed Its Policy on Suspensions
A case study explores a policy change designed to reduce suspension rates in Philadelphia schools through the lens of the larger debate on school discipline.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Agriculture Department Revises School Meal Rules Championed by Michelle Obama
The U.S. Department of Agriculture published revised school meal rules Wednesday, locking in a pledge Secretary Sonny Perdue made in May to ease heightened nutrition standards championed by former first lady Michelle Obama.
School Climate & Safety
Adults Send Children Mixed Messages About Kindness. Here's Why That Matters to Schools
A national survey sheds light on the conflicting messages children receive about kindness and how the unkind actions of adults affect them.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Principals Like Social-Emotional Learning. Here's Why Schools Struggle With It
Principals see a lack of time, inadequate teacher training, and funding as barriers to carrying out social-emotional learning in their schools, a nationally representative survey found.
Student Well-Being & Movement
An Effort to Stop Student Drug Use That Starts With a Simple Conversation at School
The final recommendations of the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis call for schools to adopt a screening method called SBIRT. How does it work?