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School Climate & Safety From Our Research Center Threats of Student Violence and Misbehavior Are Rising, Many School Leaders ReportA new EdWeek Research Center survey suggests a link between the return to in-person learning and behavior problems.
School Climate & Safety What the Research Says Bullying Dropped as Students Spent Less Time in In-Person Classes During PandemicResearchers based their findings on an analysis of internet searches on online and school-based harassment.
School Climate & Safety Interactive School Shootings This Year: How Many and WhereEducation Week is tracking K-12 school shootings in 2022. See the number of incidents and where they occurred in our map and data table.
School Climate & Safety Infographic School Shootings in 2021: 4 Takeaways, in ChartsIn 2021, there were 34 school shootings that hurt or killed people, the most since 2018. Here's what we know about school shootings this year.
School Climate & Safety Opinion Assessing Shooting Threats Is a Matter of Life or Death. Why Aren't Experts Better at It?To take the right actions before the next tragedy occurs, schools need all the help they can get, write three experts.
School Climate & Safety Opinion How Can We Honor the Victims of School Shootings? Listen to StudentsA mother who lost her child at Sandy Hook nine years ago writes that we must prioritize student voice to make schools safer.
School Climate & Safety More Schools Are Reminding Parents to Secure Their GunsSome districts now send parents notices about their states' gun-storage laws, and the Oxford, Mich., shooting could prompt more to follow suit.
School Climate & Safety What This Week's Mass Shooting Can Teach Us About School SafetyThe incident in Michigan, the deadliest school shooting in three years, will add to a wrenching school safety debate.
School Climate & Safety Violence, Hate Crimes in Schools Surged in Pre-COVID Period, Federal Watchdog FindsData from several years preceding the pandemic sketched a troubling trajectory, the Government Accountability Office found.
School Climate & Safety Transgender Students Need Adult Support in School. Is It Slipping?Educators' support for transgender students and colleagues dropped since 2017, as anti-transgender bills mount in state legislatures.
School Climate & Safety Explainer School Resource Officers (SROs), ExplainedDoes the presence of armed officers prevent school violence? Do they contribute for Black children to the 'school to prison pipeline'?School Climate & Safety Webinar Cultivating a Climate of Care and Connection in SchoolsSponsorThis content is provided by our sponsor. It is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of Education Week's editorial staff.Help every student belong in school with these practices for school climate.School Climate & Safety Quiz How Much Do You Know About School Crime and Safety?SponsorThis content is provided by our sponsor. It is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of Education Week's editorial staff.How much do you know about school crime and safety?
School Climate & Safety Violence in Schools Seems to Be Increasing. Why?Experts point to a confluence of reasons, including social isolation and access to guns. But there's no swift, obvious solution.
School Climate & Safety Schools Ban 'Squid Game' Costumes for HalloweenN.Y. school officials are telling parents the popular Netflix series has no place in schools, either as a costume or a game at recess.
