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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: social-emotional learning, student well-being, and school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.

School Climate & Safety Monica Lewinsky Hopes 'Anti-Bullying Emojis' Will Help Students Support Peers
Lewinsky, now an anti-bullying advocate, hopes the new symbols will promote more civil and supportive communication online.
Evie Blad, February 9, 2016
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School Climate & Safety Real Life Bullying Could Be Influenced by TV Storylines, Study Says
Mean girls and demeaning boys on teen shows are linked to later real-life social aggression in teenagers, a new study finds.
Sarah D. Sparks, February 9, 2016
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Student Well-Being & Movement All Pennsylvania Schools Will Carry Opioid Overdose Drug
Around the country, more educators and policy makers are considering whether schools should stock naloxone, which can reverse the effects of a heroin or prescription opioid overdose.
Evie Blad, February 5, 2016
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Equity & Diversity Teen Boys Wear Dresses to Call for Changes to School Dress Code
Students in California's Clovis Unified School District say the district's dress code violates their classmates' rights.
Evie Blad, February 3, 2016
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School Climate & Safety United Nations Panel Recommends Changes to U.S. School Discipline
The U.N. working group of experts on people of African descent studied equity concerns in the United States in areas like the justice system, housing, and school discipline.
Evie Blad, February 1, 2016
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Student Well-Being & Movement How Successful After-School Programs Nurture Students' Social-Emotional Skills
A new guide looks at what qualities help after-school programs nurture social and emotional skills in students.
Evie Blad, January 28, 2016
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Equity & Diversity Closed for Snow, D.C. Schools Offer Free Meals to Students and Families
Closed for blizzard recovery, Washington, D.C., schools are offering free breakfasts and lunches to students and their families.
Evie Blad, January 25, 2016
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Equity & Diversity LGBT Students: Colleges Seeking Title IX Exemptions to Be Named by Ed. Dept.
The U.S. Department of Education has responded to calls from civil rights groups to publish the names of colleges and universities seeking religious exemptions from Title IX.
Evie Blad, January 20, 2016
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Student Well-Being & Movement School Lunch Compromise Moves Forward in Congress
The Senate's agriculture committee advanced a bill that would ease nutrition rules for school meals. The compromise drew praise from some groups and concern from others that it doesn't go far enough.
Evie Blad, January 20, 2016
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Leonardo Guerra, who works for a food vendor, holds a school lunch tray featuring his company's whole wheat tortillas at the School Nutrition Association conference in Boston earlier this month. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's nutritional standards for schools, which took effect in 2012, require schools to serve more fresh fruit, vegetables, and whole grains and to limit calories, fat, and sodium in their federally subsidized meals.
Leonardo Guerra, who works for a food vendor, holds a school lunch tray featuring his company's whole wheat tortillas at the School Nutrition Association conference in Boston earlier this month. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's nutritional standards for schools, which took effect in 2012, require schools to serve more fresh fruit, vegetables, and whole grains and to limit calories, fat, and sodium in their federally subsidized meals.
Charles Krupa/AP
Student Well-Being & Movement A School Lunch Compromise? School Nutrition Association Reveals Details
The Senate agriculture committee is set to discuss the federal law that includes guidelines for the National School Lunch and Breakfast programs. The School Nutrition Association says it will include a compromise on nutrition standards.
Evie Blad, January 15, 2016
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Student Well-Being & Movement Federal Officials Urge Collaboration Between Schools, Health Care Providers
Schools should work to assess and meet the health needs of their students, and they should collaborate with healthcare providers to strengthen their efforts, says a letter sent today by the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services.
Evie Blad, January 15, 2016
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School Climate & Safety Cleveland School Officer Put On Leave for Comments About Tamir Rice Shooting
"I don't have time to ask questions and coddle kids that wave guns around," said a post on the Facebook page of the school resource officer, who worked in the district where 12-year-old Rice was a student before he was shot and killed by police in 2014.
Evie Blad, January 11, 2016
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School Climate & Safety Donald Trump Pledges to End Gun-Free School Zones If Elected President
"You know what a gun-free zone is for a sicko? That's bait," the Republican presidential candidate told the crowd at a campaign stop in Vermont on Thursday.
Evie Blad, January 8, 2016
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Student Well-Being & Movement Federal Nutrition Standards Linked to Healthier School Lunches
When feds raised the standards on school nutrition, students' meals became healthier, according to a study of about 1.7 meals in one urban district.
Evie Blad, January 7, 2016
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