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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: social-emotional learning, student well-being, and school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
Parkland Shooting Victims' Families: School Board Is Weak on Safety
Families of those killed in the Parkland, Fla., school shooting urged voters to elect new members to the Broward County school board.
School Climate & Safety
Investigation Into Parkland School Shooter Flags Transition Out of Special Education Program
A consultant's review of the Parkland, Fla., school shooter's educational history found that the Broward County School District did not respond properly when the gunman, a former student, asked to be re-enrolled in special education services after opting out of the program several months earlier.
School Climate & Safety
Could 3D-Printed Guns Bypass Policies Designed to Keep Schools Safe?
A website plans to publish blueprints for plastic guns that can be made on a 3D printer. Some fear that will create a way to bypass gun laws, including some passed since the Parkland shooting that are intended to keep schools safe.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Competitive Kids Are Specializing in One Sport at Early Ages, Raising Injury Risks
Competitive student athletes are increasingly opting to focus on one sport at earlier ages, increasing their risks of injuries from overuse of the same joints and muscles, doctors say. Here's what schools and coaches can do to help.
School Climate & Safety
After Parkland Shooting, District Teams With Sandy Hook Promise to Spot Warning Signs of Violence
As it works to heal from the Parkland school shooting, the Broward County school district in Florida plans to partner with Sandy Hook Promise to help prevent future violence.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Fewer Than Half of Schools Report Testing Drinking Water for Lead
Only 43 percent of schools reported testing their drinking water for lead in a 2017 survey released Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office. Among those districts, 37 percent found elevated levels of lead.
School Climate & Safety
There's No Single Profile of a Violent Student, Secret Service Says in New Report
Students who pose a safety threat to schools can be male or female, socially isolated or popular, and academic stars or poor perfomers—in other words, they don't fit one single stereotype, according to the Secret Service's new report.
School Climate & Safety
Controversial Discipline Program Not to Blame for Parkland School Shooting, Commission Finds
A controversial school discipline program designed to reduce student arrests cannot be blamed for a shooting by a former student in Parkland, Fla., a state commission said Tuesday.
School Climate & Safety
Keep School Discipline Directive, District Leaders and Charter Schools Tell DeVos
Federal guidance aimed at reducing racial disparities in school discipline rates should not be rescinded, a group of charter schools, superintendents, and education groups wrote in a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Attorney General Jeff Sessions Tuesday.
School Climate & Safety
In a Speech to School Police, Attorney General Jeff Sessions Focuses on Immigration
In a year in which two mass shootings devastated America's schools, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions used a speech to a national gathering of school police to highlight a different topic entirely: immigration.
School & District Management
Video Games? Media? Bullying? No Single Cause for School Shootings, Experts Tell Safety Commission
One-by-one, experts speaking to a federal school safety commission addressed factors commonly blamed for school shootings: bullying, mental health issues, violent video games, and media coverage.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Watch: The Power of Student Voice to Shape Schools and Engage Kids
This video explores how one school district weaves student voice into its social-emotional learning efforts.
School Climate & Safety
State Education Chiefs Team Up on School Safety
A group of 12 state education leaders will collaborate to identify "promising practices to stem the far too frequent incidences of school violence," the Council of Chief State School Officers announced Tuesday.
Student Well-Being & Movement
What Educators Need to Know About Suicide: Contagion, Complicated Grief, and Supportive Conversations
When a student is grieving a suicide death or when suicide is in the news, conversations with adults can be crucial.