Student Well-Being & Movement Blog

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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: social-emotional learning, student well-being, and school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 Social-Emotional Learning: What Students Can Learn From Congressmen's Road Trip
Two Texas congressmen from opposing political parties created an internet sensation—and maybe an example of social-emotional learning—when they went on an impromptu cross-country road trip, livestreaming discussions about politics along the way.
Evie Blad, March 15, 2017
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4 min read
Equity & Diversity Suspending Students Costs Billions in Economic Losses, New Study Finds
In an analysis of a cohort of California 10th graders, University of California researchers calculated the financial impacts of students who were suspended and ended up dropping out. The cost: $2.7 billion.
Francisco Vara-Orta, March 8, 2017
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3 min read
Equity & Diversity Justice Dept: States to Drop Suit Over Transgender-Student Guidance
A multi-state lawsuit over Obama-era guidance on the rights of transgender students will soon be coming to an end, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing Thursday.
Evie Blad, March 2, 2017
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1 min read
Equity & Diversity Podcast: What a Federal Policy Shift Means for Transgender Students and Schools
Evie Blad appears on the Education Writers Association's EWA Radio podcast to discuss how a decision to rescind federal civil rights guidance on transgender students is playing out in schools and in the courts.
Evie Blad, March 1, 2017
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1 min read
Equity & Diversity Transgender Sister of Trump Inauguration Singer Gets Favorable Ruling in Court
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction requiring a Pennsylvania school district to allow three transgender students to use restrooms that match their gender identity while his court considers their case. The plaintiffs include the sister of President Trump's inauguration singer, Jackie Evancho.
Evie Blad, February 28, 2017
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3 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement Fact Check: DeVos Doesn't Control Who Gets a 'Free Lunch'
Critics of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos are seizing on a comment she made at the Conservative Political Action Conference this week that she is "perhaps the first person to tell Bernie Sanders to his face that there's no such thing as a free lunch." And some are spreading some misinformation in the process.
Evie Blad, February 24, 2017
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2 min read
Gavin Grimm stands on the front porch of his home in Gloucester, Va., in 2015. The high school student, who was born female but identifies as male, says it's discriminatory to make him use the girls' room or a single-stall unisex restroom at school.
Gavin Grimm stands on the front porch of his home in Gloucester, Va., in 2015. The high school student, who was born female but identifies as male, says it's discriminatory to make him use the girls' room or a single-stall unisex restroom at school.
Steve Helber/AP
Equity & Diversity Trump Administration Rescinds Transgender-Student Guidance
The U.S. departments of Justice and Education rescinded Obama-era guidance on the rights of transgender students, lifting requirements that schools allow students to use the restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity.
Evie Blad, February 22, 2017
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6 min read
The doors to public restrooms are propped open at a office complex on May 9, 2016 in Anaheim, Calif. A California lawmaker says he'll bring up for a vote Monday his proposal requiring single-stall public restrooms to be gender-neutral, hours after North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory sued the federal government to defend that state's law restricting access to restrooms based on the gender listed on a person's birth certificate.
The doors to public restrooms are propped open at a office complex on May 9, 2016 in Anaheim, Calif. A California lawmaker says he'll bring up for a vote Monday his proposal requiring single-stall public restrooms to be gender-neutral, hours after North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory sued the federal government to defend that state's law restricting access to restrooms based on the gender listed on a person's birth certificate.
Chris Carlson/AP
Equity & Diversity White House: Transgender-Student Rights Not a Federal Issue; New Guidance Coming
The Trump administration believes the federal government doesn't have a role in transgender-student rights in schools and plans to issue new guidance, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said.
Evie Blad, February 21, 2017
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2 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement Sesame Street Plans Social-Emotional Learning Program for Refugee Children
Sesame Workshop will team with the International Rescue Committee to deliver social-emotional learning programs for refugee children in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria.
Evie Blad, February 15, 2017
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1 min read
Gavin Grimm stands on the front porch of his home in Gloucester, Va., in 2015. The high school student, who was born female but identifies as male, says it's discriminatory to make him use the girls' room or a single-stall unisex restroom at school.
Gavin Grimm stands on the front porch of his home in Gloucester, Va., in 2015. The high school student, who was born female but identifies as male, says it's discriminatory to make him use the girls' room or a single-stall unisex restroom at school.
Steve Helber/AP
Equity & Diversity Trump Administration Signals Shift on Transgender Students. What's Next?
A legal filing by the Trump administration calls into question the future of a rule issued under President Obama that required schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that gender identity.
Evie Blad, February 12, 2017
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3 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement Health Groups to Trump: Vaccines Are Safe
Claims that vaccines are unsafe have been repeatedly disproved by science, a group of organizations wrote in a letter to President Trump.
Evie Blad, February 8, 2017
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1 min read
School Climate & Safety Newtown Debates Letter Asking Trump to Denounce Sandy Hook 'Truthers'
The Newtown, Conn., school board authorized its chair to sign a letter calling on President Trump to denounce people who claim the 2012 mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School are an elaborate hoax. Some other city officials have been reluctant to sign on.
Evie Blad, February 3, 2017
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2 min read
Law & Courts Trump's Supreme Court Pick Has Opined on Student Discipline, School Police
Supreme Court nominee Neil M. Gorsuch dissented in a case last year, arguing that a situation that could have been handled by school principal.
Evie Blad, January 31, 2017
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1 min read
School & District Management School Shootings Linked to Higher Unemployment Rates, Study Says
School shootings correlate with higher unemployment rates, researchers at Northwestern University conclude in a new study.
Evie Blad, January 30, 2017
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1 min read
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