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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: social-emotional learning, student well-being, and school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
Dallas Schools Respond to Students' Possible Ebola Exposure
Five students who attend four Dallas schools may have had contact with an Ebola patient while he was displaying symptoms, officials said Wednesday.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Communities Sign On to 'My Brother's Keeper' Efforts
About 100 cities, counties, and tribal communities have said they are going to take the Obama administration up on its new "My Brother's Keeper" initiative community challenge.
School Climate & Safety
Suspensions: New Law in California, New York City to Change Discipline Code
Critics of disciplinary infractions like "defiance" and "disruption" say they leave too much to the discretion of educators who often apply them inconsistently between classrooms and sometimes between races.
Education
The Absolute Best School Climate Blogging (This Week): Equity for Black Girls Edition
This week, we read about poor students, gender equality, creative solutions to kids' loneliness, and more.
School Climate & Safety
Tupelo, Miss., District to Rework School Discipline Under Civil Rights Agreement
The U.S. Department of Education found that black students in Tupelo "had been disproportionately subjected to discipline at every stage in the district's discipline process."
School Climate & Safety
Attorney General Holder, Voice on Discipline, School Climate, to Resign
Attorney General Eric Holder worked with the U.S. Department of Education to create civil rights guidance on school discipline.
Equity & Diversity
Enrollment of Homeless Students Hits New Record in U.S. Schools
Of the more than 1.2 million homeless children enrolled in public schools in 2012-13, 75 percent were "doubled up," sharing homes with multiple families, data show.
School Climate & Safety
School Climate and Safety Efforts Get Boost Through Federal Grants
About $70 million in federal grants were awarded through four programs aimed at states and school districts.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Teaching Teenagers That People Change May Help Prevent Depression
Teaching high school students that personality traits are changeable may help counteract a risk of depression, a new study finds.
Education
The Absolute Best School Climate Blogging (This Week): Corporal Punishment Edition
This week, we dig into the debate over corporal punishment at schools in the wake of the NFL scandal. I also share links about student speech rights, school police, and more.
School Climate & Safety
San Diego School District to Return Armored Vehicle to Defense Department
San Diego's decision follows an announcement by the Los Angeles school police department that it will return three grenade launchers it also received through the 1033 military surplus program.
School Climate & Safety
School Police in Los Angeles Will Give Up Grenade Launchers
Civil rights groups have raised concerns about schools receiving surplus military equipment through a U.S. Department of Defense program, which provided the grenade launchers to Los Angeles school police.
Equity & Diversity
School Police Get Military Weapons, Vehicles, Equipment From Federal Agency
The surplus military equipment was provided through a Department of Defense program, which has been criticized following local response to protests in Ferguson, Mo.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Ohio District Cancels Classes After School Shooter Escapes From Prison
T.J. Lane, who killed three students and wounded several others in a 2012 rampage in Chardon, Ohio, was later recaptured.